In order to appease the people and deter those with different intentions. After Chao Yong defeated the soldiers and horses of Cha Ge and Li Qianshun, they all flew to Tokyo as soon as possible, and they were also spread along the way, so that the people in transit no longer worried about the military situation in Western Xia.

The imperial court newspaper also hyped up the prince's achievements, which appeased the people and shocked many people. After the prince killed Li Qianshun, the state government took the initiative to return to the Liang on Lizhou Road and Huainan East and West Roads.

Although the Great Liang gathered the soldiers and horses that expanded the territory, in the case that only one line of soldiers and horses used troops in the northwest, the territory was still expanding to the west and south.

First defeated the Liao State, and then defeated the Western Xia, coupled with the continuous propaganda of the Di Bao, the image of Chao Yong Tianshen has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the people are even more convinced.

The great victory, which has not been seen for more than a hundred years, also made the people of the Central Plains no longer afraid of the Western Xia and Liao, both the officials and the common people raised their eyebrows, and the people who did business in China were much more honest. Especially the Khitans and party members who used to show off their might at every turn, they were all carrying their tails between their legs during this time.

Everyone is speculating whether the prince will take advantage of the situation to attack Western Xia and wipe out the Western thieves.

Whether it is Daliang, Hebei Tianhu, Huaixi Wang Qing, Jiangnan Tongguan, all forces are staring at the northwest. If Chao Yong is a teacher, then there is no doubt that the next person to face the victorious prince is one of them. If Chao Yong defeated the Liao State, they still had a trace of the idea of being able to divide one side, then after Chao Yong defeated the Western Xia, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan all felt that the Great Liang was already unstoppable to dominate the world. No one felt that they could resist the advance of Prince Liang's troops.

In particular, Tong Guan has been using soldiers in the northwest for more than 20 years, and he knows the power of Western Xia, he used more than 20 years, and the number of soldiers and horses killed in Western Xia did not exceed 50,000, and the prince of Daliang defeated 400,000 Western Xia soldiers and horses in a few days, and there were 100,000 prisoners alone. It can be said that the results of this battle exceeded the sum of his twenty years. Even if he is far away in Jiangnan. After hearing the news, I couldn't help but shudder.

When the people of the world were looking forward to the news of the northwest, after Chao Yong killed Li Qianshun, he did not continue to use troops and rested on the spot.

It wasn't until the division led the troops into the territory of Western Xia, and at the same time, the three routes of Yanyan Road, Yongxing Army, and Jingyuan Road jointly attacked Huanqing Road, that the news began to spread, and the prince's plan to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to raid Xingqing Mansion also spread.

The whole world suddenly boiled, and the people of Daliang felt that the prince who had descended from the gods would definitely be able to capture Xingqing Mansion.

Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan heard the news. But I couldn't help but raise a glass in celebration. In their opinion, Chao Yong was carried away by the victory, so he took 5,000 soldiers and horses into the hinterland of Western Xia to attack Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia.

While the people were looking forward to the good news from the northwest, the three of them were expecting bad news. Chao Yong died in the Western Xia, so that they would not have to worry about the sword hanging over their heads, and the rioting soldiers and horses under their command could also settle down.

When the whole world is arguing about the victory or defeat of the crown prince, there is also an undercurrent in the Daliang Palace.

When Chao Yong decided to raid Western Xia, he sent someone to inform Chao Gai.

When Chao Gai learned that Chao Yong was going to bring 5,000 soldiers and horses to raid Xingqing Mansion, 10,000 naturally disagreed, and immediately sent people to the northwest. Trying to stop Chao Yong. In order to keep Chao Yong from disobeying the order, it was the first time that a holy decree was issued to Chao Yong, instead of a daily letter. However, when the decree was transmitted to the northwest, Chao Yong had already led his troops into the territory of Western Xia by water.

At first, the news only spread at the top of the girders. However, when the seed master Dao led the army into Western Xia, the news spread among the markets.

Chao Gai was also worried that the Tangut people knew the identity of the prince and rounded up Chao Yong, but the news had spread. Can't hide it. At Wu Yong's suggestion, he simply let the Di Bao publicly publish the prince's plan to raid Xingqing Mansion. If Chao Yong really led 5,000 soldiers and horses to break the Western Xia capital. There is no doubt that the crown prince will become a real god, no matter who he uses his troops for, he can get twice the result with half the effort, and the people's hearts will be completely subdued.

But as time passed, there was no news from the Western Xia, and rumors suddenly appeared in Tokyo that the crown prince had died in battle.

In the Chongzheng Palace, Chao Gai sat on the dragon chair with frowns on his brows, Han Cunbao, Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Shi Wengong, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, and Luan Tingyu on the right, and Wu Yong, Zhao Mingcheng, Zhang Shuye, Jiang Jing, and Chai Shao on the left.

Shi Wengong, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, and Luan Tingyu have all returned to the court, and 70,000 soldiers and horses have gathered in Tokyo.

The Song Dynasty stood on the left and on the right, and suppressed the generals with literati. However, the position of the Liang is on the left and on the right, and the status of the warrior exceeds that of the literati. When Chao Yong went to court, he stood first on the right, making it clear that he regarded himself as a martial artist, and no one dared to question the status of Chao Yong above 10,000 people, so the martial artists also followed the literati.

Uncle Zhang said: "The prince led 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xingqing Mansion, but he still underestimated the enemy. Today is the seventh day after the prince entered Western Xia, but there is no news back, I am afraid that the prince did not take down Xingqing Mansion, otherwise there would be news back. However, with the prince's martial arts, it was difficult for the Tanguts to defeat the prince. I am afraid that the Western Xia will besiege the prince with heavy troops, and the prince will not be able to break out of the siege for a while, so I think I should still send troops into the Western Xia to reinforce the prince. ”

After the news of Chao Yong's entry into Western Xia was transmitted back to the imperial court, Zhang Shuye has always advocated sending troops to reinforce the prince.

However, they were all rejected by a group of military generals, the Liang civil and military division, non-interference with each other, and the civil ministers had no right to interfere in military affairs, so the military generals were unwilling to let Uncle Zhang ask about military affairs at night.

Qin Ming had had enough of the anger of civil officials in the Song Dynasty before, and when he saw that Uncle Zhang was interfering in military affairs again, he immediately said: "Please Lord Zhang respect yourself, if you discuss military affairs, the emperor should discuss with us, but you don't have the right to speak." ”

Wu Yong and Zhao Mingcheng are left and right, but they have no right to intervene in military affairs, and they are naturally dissatisfied in their hearts, but they are only taken by the power of the prince, and they dare not meddle in military affairs.

Only after Zhang Shuye learned that the prince had beaten Li Gang into the ranks of traitors, he has always been dissatisfied with the prince. is even more dissatisfied with the prince's faint elevation of the status of martial artists above that of literati, but the old men of Liangshan are all military generals, and Chao Gai is also magnanimous and righteous. Unlike Zhao Kuangyin, who won the world by relying on military generals, he immediately began to suppress military generals. Chao Gai felt that the old man of Liangshan should be superior, and he had no opinion on the superiority of martial artists over literati, so Chao Gai also firmly stood on the side of the prince.

This time, Chao Yong led his troops deep into the enemy's territory, but Zhang Shuye saw an opportunity and wanted to take the opportunity to meddle in military affairs.

As soon as the generals protested a few times ago, Chao Gai no longer paid attention to Zhang Shuye, but today Chao Gai hesitated for a moment, and asked: "It will take more than half a month for the soldiers and horses of Tokyo to rush to Western Xia, and at that time, I am afraid that the dust of the war in Western Xia has already settled, what is the use of sending troops to reinforce?" ”

Everyone heard Chao Gai's question, and they also knew that Chao Gai was beginning to worry about Chao Yong's safety.

Uncle Zhang looked at Chao Gai at night and asked, and immediately said, "You can send soldiers and horses from the northwest to reinforce the prince." ”

Hu Yanzhuo said: "The northwest soldiers and horses are encircling Renzhong's 200,000 soldiers and horses, let them reinforce the prince, and Renzhong's 200,000 soldiers and horses will enter Western Xia, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Qin Ming was not polite, and directly reprimanded: "You can't wait for the soldiers on paper, if you are asked to command the soldiers and horses, you will miss a big thing." Fang Renzhong's 200,000 army returned to Western Xia, and it was the return of the tiger to the mountain, and the prince would have to face more soldiers and horses, so how to reinforce the prince. ”

Zhang Shuye did not have a trace of politeness, and said with a smile: "The three-way soldiers and horses of the siege of Renzhong are not moved, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Yao Gu and Li Congji, who are attacking Xihe Road. ”

Chao Gai frowned and said: "They have recovered Lanzhou and are marching to Huangzhou, they want to go to Xingqing Mansion, and it will take ten days." ”

Hua Rong said: "The Seed Master Dao has led 50,000 soldiers and horses into the Western Xia, even if the prince does not capture Xingqing Mansion and meets the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Seed Master Dao, it is enough to turn the Western Xia upside down, why send reinforcements." ”

Shi Wengong also said: "With the prince's martial arts, no one in this world can trap him." Even if you can't beat Xingqing Mansion, you will definitely not lose. The seed master Dao marched smoothly, and the news that came back yesterday has been laid Mingsha, presumably he has already been in contact with the prince, and there should be news from the prince in this half a day. The last general thought that it was not too late to wait for the news to make a decision, otherwise the prince won, but we will mess up the prince's deployment, I'm afraid it's not beautiful. ”

Uncle Zhang said: "I was also an official in the northwest in my early years, and I also had a lot of dealings with the soldiers and horses of Western Xia. The Western Xia soldiers and horses were brave and good at fighting, and the prince defeated Brother Cha and Li Qianshun, but the Western Xia people had never seen fire and thunder, and they were suddenly attacked by fire and thunder, and they were in chaos. Nowadays, most of the troops in Western Xia are Chage and Li Qianshun, who have seen fire and thunder, and their fear of fire and thunder is much smaller. Facing the disaster of losing the country, he must resist at the cost of his life, and I am afraid that the 50,000 troops of the Seed Master Dao may not be able to resist the attack of the Western Xia soldiers and horses. Let Yao Gu and Li Congji's 20,000 soldiers and horses attack Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, at least they can contain the soldiers and horses of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division and the nearby military division, lest they go to besiege the prince. Even if the prince's soldiers and horses won, it would not hurt for Yao Gu and the others to capture Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division. ”

Guan Sheng said: "The Han people in the northwest states are still waiting for me to rescue the army, Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division will be attacked by the prince sooner or later, rather than rushing to capture the Xixia city, it is better to take all the Xihe Road first, so as not to disturb the Han people in the states." As for the victory or defeat of the prince's soldiers, I thought we didn't have to worry about it at all. ”

Chao Gai also felt that what Guan Sheng said was true, but he was the only son of Chao Yong, and there was no news for many days, so he was inevitably a little worried and wanted to send reinforcements.

When Chao Gai was hesitating, he suddenly heard a sudden commotion outside the palace, as if the entire city was in chaos.

"The prince has broken through Xingqing Mansion."

"The prince has broken through Xingqing Mansion."

Everyone also heard the movement outside, and was about to send someone to check, but a voice came from far and near, and soon arrived outside the Chongzheng Palace.

Qin Ming immediately shouted: "It's the messenger who reported the victory, and the prince really broke the Xingqing Mansion." ”

Uncle Zhang also knew that there was no chance, and quietly retreated behind Zhao Mingcheng. (To be continued)