The day after Lu Fei and their departure, 50,000 soldiers of the Japanese army also started one after another, and Zhao Jiong, the son of Song Dynasty, took the queen and hundreds of civil and military officials to see them off at Tianbo Gate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Both sides of the army are crowded with people to see them off, crying Lang, eating pot pulp, most of them are the families of the forbidden army, walking in the front is naturally the majestic Dane and his generals, this western expedition, Zhao Jiong is overwhelmingly using young generals and some royal relatives, such as the commander of the right wing of the Japanese army is Shi Baoji, the queen's relatives and the former pro-army Ma Jun Si Du Yu Marquis Li Jilong served as the commander of the left wing of the Japanese army.

The Son of Heaven's move is seen in the eyes of both the government and the opposition, which is nothing more than to use this war to weaken the prestige of the founding veterans, and at the same time enhance the weight of the royal family in the court.

Behind the army is followed by the grain and grass baggage, the cart and the cart are not visible, there can be some order when you just go out of the city, you don't go for a while, you will be in a mess, a long dragon is squeezed into a twist, and there is a situation of more and more crowding, the forbidden army who comes and goes to inspect also ignores it, it is commonplace, which time to go out is this embarrassment, and there is no difference from fleeing, from here to the boundary of Xiazhou has to go for a month and a half, no one can stand it every day, the main responsibility of the patrol is only to prevent deserters.

The forbidden army walking in front of the team was clear-cut and held high, this was not because they had good military discipline, but because Xiazhou had deployed Dane right behind them.

With the current combat effectiveness of the Song army to deal with the party barbarians want to win, the main force of the forbidden army that supports the Japanese army as the arch guard Bianliang is almost all the elite of the rest of the battle, and the armament is unprecedentedly sufficient and sophisticated, although the generals are all young juniors, but they are strong in blood, which does not want to take the opportunity to make contributions on the battlefield, and sometimes the war often depends on this spirit, and the brave win when they meet on the narrow road.

Judging from the configuration of the entire Western Expedition, Zhao Jiong not only boldly hired young people, but also arranged some seniors with rich combat experience in the army just in case, such as Pan Mei, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, as the supervisor of the army, and Yang Guangmei, an honest and serious minister, as the transfer envoy of the army.

Looking at the team flags that were gradually moving away, the two thick eyebrows on the face of Emperor Zhao Jiong, who was standing on the tower of Tianbo Gate, were tightly twisted, and the accompanying officials didn't know what was going on, and even the queen didn't dare to come forward to inquire, because everyone knew that as long as the official family's eyebrows were tightened, someone would be unlucky, but no one knew who the official family was looking at on the happy day of the army.

After a long time, Zhao Jiong said: "Cao Bin"

Privy envoy Cao Bin hurriedly said when he heard this: "Weichen is here!" ”

Zhao Jiong squinted his eyes and looked at the north from afar, and said: "As soon as the battle in Xiazhou starts, the Khitans will definitely make waves again, how is the Privy Council deployed?"

Cao Bin said: "After the spies reported, so far I have not heard that the Khitan people have military horses assembled, but the minister just in case, ordered Yanmen Pass to stay behind Yang Yanzhao to lead 8,000 troops to guard the pass, Hedong Jiedu made Fu Zhaoshou move to defend Xizhou, there are 30,000 military horses, relying on each other, and the soldiers and horses of Hedong Prefectures are also gathered in various cities to strictly prevent the Khitans from going south."

Zhao Jiong didn't react, and said with a threatening face: "What is the situation in Shudi?"

Shu is so far the Great Song Dynasty has not conquered the last country in the Chinese territory, do not fight Shu Zhao Jiong has two concerns, one is that Shu is mostly blocked by the mountains and mountains, and it is difficult to attack it urgently, and the other is that when the Song army attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty, Shu listened to Zhao Jiong's words and did not move, these old Shu kings Meng Renzan's attitude towards the Great Song Dynasty is also good, go to the emperor to claim the minister, pay tribute every year, and now there is a little son of his in the city of Bianliang in the Great Song Dynasty as a hostage, so that Zhao Jiong is really unknown, but the general trend of dominating the world is unstoppable, Sooner or later, Shu will be fought, probably after the Western Expedition.

Cao Bin replied: "The Privy Council of the mountains and rivers of Shu has been secretly exploring, and it has achieved results, and the next month the minister will be able to submit the Shu land map and the Shu army's defense map to the official family, and the minister received a report that the old Shu King has been riddled with diseases, and I am afraid that he will not be able to endure it for long."

Zhao Jiong looked outside the city and said expressionlessly: "If the Lord of Shu dies, who can succeed him?" ”

Cao Bin said: "According to Weichen's guess, Meng Xuanzhe, the eldest son of Lord Meng, may be the next Lord of Shu, but it is only temporarily guarding the land for the official family."

Zhao Jiong said: "Did I say that I want to cut down Shu?" ”

Cao Bin was flustered for a moment, bowed his waist and said: "The minister is vain, please punish the official."

Zhao Jiong glanced at Wang Jien, the chamberlain on the side, and the experienced chamberlain immediately understood, and said loudly: "The official family has a purpose, and the hundred officials will return to the government office."

When all the officials heard this, they all retreated along the city wall, and the queen Du Shi also saluted: "Official, the concubines will retire first."

When everyone left, only Zhao Jiong and Cao Bin were still on the city tower, the autumn wind swept the imperial flag on the side and hunted, Zhao Jiong liked to listen to this kind of voice, he longed for the battlefield, but now his identity is different, the Son of Heaven is unlikely to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield in person, and finally laid down a piece of the country, and the states are also peaceful one after another, if the Son of Heaven has any accident on the battlefield, the newly established Great Song Empire is likely to fall apart, and Zhao Jiong can only watch the Great Song Jian'er go abroad, listen to the long-lost battle flag whistling, and chat to be relieved.

After a while, Zhao Jiong said slowly: "Cao Qing, I remembered a Tang poem, the halberd sank into the sand and the iron did not disappear, and I recognized the previous dynasty by grinding and washing; Dongfeng doesn't have a relationship with Zhou Lang, Tongque Chun is deeply locked with Er Qiao, have you heard of it? ”

Cao Bin hurriedly said: "It is popular, and there are many rumors in the market, and the minister has heard it" Cao Bin didn't quite understand how the official family could suddenly read the poem, this poem is not very auspicious when sending the army to the army, and the official family is nostalgic for the previous dynasty? No, didn't your old man strangle him to death in the previous dynasty?

Zhao Jiong said again: "People say that Han Cao Cheng is a good wife, but for Jiangdong Erqiao, he ended up with a red cliff and a halberd and sinking into the sand, but unfortunately, the hero is also tired of the beauty."

Cao Bin said: "This rumor is just a legend in the market, not enough to believe"

Zhao Jiong nodded: "The rumors are not to be believed, but the last two sentences of this poem should not be read today, I want to change it."

"Listen up!"

Zhao Jiong raised his eyes and looked at the south, and was silent for a long time: "The north wind crosses Bazhoudu, and the double stamen is released into the palace."

As soon as these words came out, Cao Bin suddenly realized, Bazhou, that's not the border of Shu, the north wind crossing naturally refers to the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army pressing the border, as for Shuangrui, of course, it refers to the big and small flower stamen lady who is being rumored to be famous in the palace of Shu at this time, it seems that the official family is moved by the idea of cutting down Shu.

Cao Bin suddenly knelt on the ground: "The minister is guilty"

Zhao Jiong said: "Get up and speak"

Cao Bin got up and said: "When the minister attacked the Tang Dynasty, he had captured Li Sisi, the daughter of the Tang lord Li Yu, and it was really worthy of the name, the country was beautiful, the minister wanted to bring her back to the official family, but she was robbed, and the minister had negative hopes, this woman escaped and then entered Shu to invest in her sister Li Yanniang, the concubine of Shu, and then heard that she invited herself to be a concubine with the lord of Shu, and now the sisters are known as Mrs. Stamen of the big and small flowers in Shu, and the minister did not expect it to be like this, please punish the official family"

Zhao Jiong had known these for a long time, and the Imperial City Division was specially inquiring about these things, he smiled slightly: "But a woman, I heard that it was not only this little flower stamen who escaped from you back then, and the world-famous Li Tang Thirteen Wei was not dead."

Cao Bin hurriedly knelt down again, and said: "The minister did not intend to deceive the official family, there was indeed a person who escaped by luck back then, the minister was to calm the hearts of Li Tangmin before he ordered to lie that the thirteen people had been killed by the forbidden army, this matter has always been the hatred of the minister, the minister has been ashamed of this all his life, at that time, the minister's subordinates chased and killed this person all the way, and then disappeared with that Li Sisi, the minister guessed that it was this person who rescued the Li family, and then entered Shu together"

Zhao Jiong said: "I don't blame you, the loyal name of Li Tang Thirteen Wei has been passed down for more than 70 years, and it has won the hearts of the people more than the Tang lord Li Yu, and their immortal Tang people's resistance is hard to extinguish, you did the right thing, but I never knew that this fish slipped through the net into Shu, and the Imperial City Division visited Shu for several months without any news about this person."

Cao Bin said: "The minister is also sending someone to visit, this person will not be removed for a day, and the minister will not be blind to death."

Zhao Jiong smiled, "It is said that the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, you Cao Bin is a little family, don't talk about this, what is the purpose of the Li sisters serving the Lord of Shu?" ”

Cao Bin got up and said: "It's nothing more than to confuse the Lord of Shu with beauty and want to summon the soul of Li Tang, this is just a humiliation, the Lord of Shu does not dare to be the enemy of our dynasty, and the minister receives Qin Feng Erzhou to report, where there is already a stockpile of grain and grass, just wait for the official family's will, the army can go straight to Shu, capture Errui and dedicate it to the official family."

Zhao Jiong laughed and said, "I don't want to be a joke of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, Shu can't be cut down quickly."

Cao Bin knew that the official family intended to cut down Shu, but the time had not yet come, and he said: "What are the officials waiting for? ”

Zhao Jiong said: "The world is not chaotic and Shu is chaotic first, the world has been determined and Shu is undecided, what I am waiting for is chaos, chaos in Shu"

Cao Bin was puzzled, although the lord of Shu, Meng Renzan, was old and faint, but the people under his rule still gave more benevolence, and the people of Shu called Meng Renzan the sage, and it was not so easy to let him mess with himself.

Cao Bin said: "What does the official family want? ”

Zhao Jiong shook his head: "I'm still thinking about it, and now is not the best time to cut down Shu, let's talk about it when the Western Expedition is over, you can think about how to make Shu chaotic for me first, okay, I'm going back to the palace, this matter must not be leaked"

"No, send off the official's family"