On the twenty-first day of September in the second year of Qiande, it is now late autumn, according to the original plan, Han Derang's family is about to be sent out of the capital, and the situation in the capital is turbulent......

In Shudi, the hibiscus flowers within 40 miles of Chengdu have opened one after another, colorful, purple and red.

In Chengdu, Shu Kingdom, in the mansion of Wang Zhaoyuan, the envoy of Lingshan Nanxi Dao, the same chapter of Pingshi, and the Privy Council, since Wang Zhaoyuan had a handle in the hands of others, he has not dared to act rashly in recent days, for fear that someone will take evidence to accuse him.

Wang Zhaoyuan has always been at odds with Li Hao, Li Hao thought that he should surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, pay tribute to the Central Plains, and seek the Song army to dispel the intention of attacking Shu, but Wang Zhaoyuan thought that the mountains and rivers of Shu were obstructed, and there were high mountains in Shu, and it was difficult for Shu to go to the sky.

On the afternoon of this day, someone from the house hurriedly came to Wang Zhaoyuan's house to present the matter, and this person was Zhang Tingwei, the judge of Shannan West Province, who went to the palace of Shu early this morning and told him about the important military aircraft, which was related to the northern border of Shu.

After Zhang Tingwei left the palace, he came to Wang Zhaoyuan's mansion, Wang Zhaoyuan saw Zhang Tingwei and immediately asked: "Tingwei, is there something happening in Xingyuan Mansion and Xingzhou?" ”

Wang Zhaoyuan also thinks that the dangers of the Three Gorges and Micang Mountain are very safe.

Zhang Tingwei immediately informed Wang Zhaoyuan of the matter, "The last time the imperial court transported a batch of grain and ordnance to Xingzhou was robbed, Your Majesty is angry after hearing it today, let the lower officials investigate this matter thoroughly, and the lower officials have come to tell the cardinal prime minister about you." ”

After listening to Zhang Tingwei's words, Wang Zhaoyuan nodded and said: "I have also heard about this matter, and I also heard that the person who sent it to Fengzhou City will hoard grain and weapons, I expect that the case of the disappearance of grain and straw will have something to do with the Song people, so what is the Fengzhou regimental training envoy doing now?" ”

Zhang Tingwei immediately told the story: "Fengzhou regimental training envoy Zhang Hui has repeatedly sent scouts to explore the territory of our Shu country in recent days, and sent scouts to enter the country several times to survey bridges and roads, and the cottages along the way, although there seems to be no conflict with Xingyuan Mansion and Xingzhou, but Xia Guan thinks that the mountains and rivers in my Shu country are known to the Song people in this way, if so......"

After Zhang Tingwei finished speaking, he glanced at Wang Zhaoyuan, hoping that Wang Zhaoyuan could put forward any opinions, and he only patted Wang Zhaoyuan's sycophants, he knew that Wang Zhaoyuan had always regarded himself as Zhuge Kongming, and also hoped to establish a great cause, so he said: "This time, the Song people's outbound detectives are indeed very different from the last time the Zhou people were in parallel with each other's espionage moves, and this time it seems that they are really here." The cardinal has no meritorious deeds, and he immediately assumed the important position of the privy envoy, and should establish a great merit to plug the mouths of everyone, and can agree with the Han lord, and we will send troops together to attack, so that the Central Plains will be exposed to the enemy, and we can do our best to control the right place. ”

Wang Zhaoyuan said angrily: "It seems that the Song people are going to Sichuan and Shu to use troops, tomorrow I will immediately enter the palace and inform Your Majesty of this matter." This time, he must persuade His Majesty to send troops to meet the Song army. ”

What Wang Zhaoyuan was most excited about in his heart was that if the Song people sent troops at this moment, he would be able to fight on the battlefield, and there was a faint hint of excited javelins in his face, and he was eager to try the upcoming battle between the Song Kingdom of Shu and the Song Kingdom.

At the same time, Wang Zhaoyuan was also saying in his heart, your Li Hao's suggestion is a fart, even if you take refuge in the Song people, the Song people will still attack Shu, and then you Li Hao will not have time to cry in front of His Majesty. Moreover, I, Wang Zhaoyuan, have served in front of His Majesty since I was a child, and I have been reading military books for twenty or thirty years.

Zhang Tingwei naturally knew what Wang Zhaoyuan was thinking, and after talking a lot to Wang Zhaoyuan, he left.

After Zhang Tingwei said goodbye, Wang Zhaoyuan sat and lay down, thinking that if he led these two or thirty thousand carved faces in the future, breaking the army and killing the enemy, how hearty and happy life would be, and at this moment his flame that had not burned for a long time was burning in his chest......

Early the next morning, Wang Zhaoyuan sat in a carriage along the way, breathing the fragrance of the wind blowing, how fragrant the hibiscus flowers in Chengdu were, how happy he was in his heart, he wanted to let Li Hao and other courtiers and Empress Dowager Li see that he Wang Zhaoyuan was the Marquis of Zhuge Wu in Shu.

Wang Zhaoyuan immediately entered the palace to meet Meng Chang and told Xingyuan Mansion and Xingzhou about it.

"What's the matter with Zhaoyuan?" Meng Chang yawned.

Wang Zhaoyuan immediately got straight to the point and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is here for the proposal of Zhang Tingwei, the judge of Shannan West Dao Jie Du yesterday, Weichen thinks that this time my Shu State cannot underestimate the enemy no matter what, and Your Majesty is bound to not agree with Li Xianggong's suggestion to pay tribute to the Song State." ”

Wang Zhaoyuan said that he was excited, and he couldn't help but rub his hands and his eyes lit up.

Meng Chang asked, "What about what you said?" ”

Wang Zhaoyuan looked up at Meng Chang and suggested: "Your Majesty, or we send envoys to unite with Liu Jun of the Han State, there is a feud between Hedong and the Song State, and we have been invited to attack the Song State, and we can send troops from Huanghua and Meridian Valley to respond to the attack on the west of the Song State, so that the northwest of the Song State will be controlled, and then we will jointly divide the west of the Song State, so that the west of Tongguan will belong to our Shu State, and the territory of our Shu State can be pushed north for hundreds of miles." ”

When Meng Chang heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "Zhaoyuan, I'm afraid this is not good, the Great Song Dynasty will not easily attack Shu this time, because Shu will not be so easy to conquer, 'The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, and one husband should be a pass and ten thousand people will not be opened', not to mention that there are still 140,000 elite soldiers in Chengdu, which is enough to resist Zhao Kuangyin's army, and he Zhao Kuangyin will have to weigh it if he sends troops." ”

Wang Zhaoyuan took out the map, pointed to the direction on the map and said: "Your Majesty, this is the time to send troops, and the Han State and the Song State are also mortal enemies, the Han State is bound to unite with the Khitans to attack the Song Dynasty in the south, and when the time comes, I will unite the Three Kingdoms, are you afraid that the Song State will not succeed?" When the time comes, the Song State will not wait or send troops to defend the northern frontier, so that our three kingdoms can contain the Song State, and our Shu State will not only ensure that the Song State will not invade the Shu Land, but also recover the lost territory, so wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

The head of Wang Zhaoyuan's analysis was that Meng Chang listened to Wang Zhaoyuan's words, thought about it for a while, and felt that it made sense, and it was also a good thing for Shu, so that the Song army could withdraw from the northwest.

Meng Chang felt very good after hearing this, he nodded thoughtfully: "Zhaoyuan's strategy is really a good strategy, so I will do it according to this." It's just a matter of who is up to the task. ”

Wang Zhaoyuan thought of someone in his heart, this person was his cronies, and he said: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommends one person, and this person is Zhao Yantao of the Military Academy." ”

"Can you do it?"

"Yes."

After that, Meng Chang asked Mrs. Hua Rui to write a letter of state.

In late September of the 27th year of the Guangzheng reign of the Shu Kingdom, Meng Chang sent this letter of state in the form of a wax pill-like seal, and sent Sun Yu, a Dacheng official of the Privy Council, Zhao Yantao and Yang Yan of the Xingzhou Military Academy, to infiltrate the Song Realm with wax pills, intending to go to Jinyang in Hedong.

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After the frost fell, everything was slaughtered, the wild geese flew south, and in Kaifeng City, the chrysanthemums were all wounded, and the golden armor withered.

In the Liangcheng Inn, an old man and a young man are sitting on a stool.

Suddenly, a messenger outside the door entered the room, "Lord, young master, here is a secret report from Fengzhou." ”

The messenger immediately retreated, and Zhao Dezhao immediately took the letter from the messenger, this secret letter was a letter from Zhang Hui, the envoy of the Fengzhou regiment, and the letter said that Zhao Yantao and others had already carried the wax pill secret letter to Kaifeng.

Although Zhao Yantao is a Xingzhou Military Academy, since the last time he heard that the grain and ordnance were robbed in Xingzhou City, and when Xingzhou Assassin sent a group of people out of the city to investigate, he happened to meet the black-clothed Tanhua and others who came here, and after a battle, the Xingzhou army suffered countless casualties.

Xingzhou Military Academy Zhao Yantao was captured, and later the black-clothed Tanhua found out that this person was the person Zhao Dezhao was looking for, and he immediately coerced and lured him to surrender to the Song State secretly, but he was still serving the Shu State on the surface.

Zhao Yantao was scared and didn't dare to disobey the other party's wishes, and the other party gave him a piece of gold and a promise for his future future, Zhao Yantao immediately agreed as soon as he heard it.

Wang Zhaoyuan asked him to send a letter, Zhao Yantao suddenly felt that the opportunity was coming, when he was sneaking in the mountains and forests of Shu Kingdom, Zhao Yantao, Yang Li, and Sun Yu walked together on the steep mountain road, and later when they arrived in Fengzhou, Song State, the three of them turned into a flat-headed people, shuttling through the laneway market, and never attracted attention. After the medicine stunned the other two, he took the wax pill secret letter to Zhang Hui's mansion in Fengzhou.

Zhang Hui led his troops to surround the inn and tied up Yang Yan and Sun Yu. At the same time, Zhang Hui wrote two letters, accompanied by Zhao Yantao, and at the same time sent a special person to Kaifeng to send the wax pill secret letter.

Zhao Dezhao read the secret letter, so he took the letter to Yang Meng to see, and said: "Father-in-law, I believe that after this secret letter is given to my father, my Great Song Dynasty will become famous for conquering Shu. ”

Yang Meng took the letter, and after reading it, he said: "Indeed, with this letter, I am afraid that the Crystal Palace will be broken, and the land of Shu will not be guaranteed." ”

Zhao Dezhao smiled indifferently, and things were developing towards his imagination......

Another secret report from Zhang Hui has also reached Zhao Kuangyin's desk.

"Official, Fengzhou Zhang Tuanlian has a military report to play, and Shu Xingzhou Military Academy has come to vote."

Zhao Kuangyin immediately let Zhao Yantao enter the palace, and at the same time, there were two other Shu generals by his side.

Zhao Yantao immediately bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Yantao, the former Xingzhou Military Academy of Shu State, will see Your Majesty." ”

After Zhao Kuangyin read the letter, he said: "The person who sent the letter from this wax pill is you and the other three, and if you have merit today, you go down first, and you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds another day." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Zhao Yantao and the others left, Zhao Kuangyin excitedly slashed the dragon case with the jade axe in his hand, and then ordered the palace attendants, and ordered the privy envoy Zhao Pu, Kaifeng Mansion Yin Zhao Guangyi, Chu Zhaofu, Cao Bin and others to immediately enter the palace to discuss the attack on Shu