Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and as Zhao Gu expected, Xia Weibing had been waiting in the military camp for ten days, and Li Jiqian, the former Duke of Xia Guo, also came to the prairie with 10,000 troops on this day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Gu was also not surprised by Li Jiqian's arrival, he was now a tiger with his teeth pulled out by Zhao Gu, and he knew that if Zhao Gu supported Xia Weibing, he would definitely die without a place to be buried, so he naturally would not seize the only opportunity for Zhao Gu to invite him to come and see him.

Xia Weibing and Li Jiqian's meeting was naturally not very friendly, after all, the two had a grudge against their father, Xia Weibing couldn't wait to eat Li Jiqian's meat raw, and Li Jiqian naturally wouldn't give him a good face.

Seeing this, although Zhao Gu couldn't talk about gloating, he was happy to see it, and after the two of them calmed down, he nodded to the eunuch on the side, and said: "Two, I came to you today to discuss the future situation in Western Xia, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”

Xia Weibing didn't speak, but Li Jiqian was the first to speak: "I don't know what Master Hou means?" ”

"I think that Western Xia has been the territory of my Han nationality since ancient times, and even the reason why your ancestors were able to become the Duke of Xia was also stained with the light of the Han people, so Western Xia should be incorporated into the Great Song Dynasty, as for the rest, it can be discussed." Zhao Gu replied.

Hearing that it was negotiable, Li Jiqian's eyes sparkled, and he said, "What Master Hou said is that I am willing to merge Western Xia into the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Gu nodded, and immediately set up a document and asked Xia Weibing and Li Jiqian to sign it, so that Western Xia would be incorporated into the Great Song Dynasty forever and would not rebel.

After signing, Li Jiqian asked again: "Master Hou, I don't know how the Western Xia will govern in the future?" Who should be in charge? ”

Zhao Gu smiled slightly: "Governance, naturally everything is subject to the Song law, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and no one is allowed to shield anyone, and the other is the law of dividing the grass, this method is quite recognized by the major tribes, and I hope that the two of them can continue to implement it after taking power." ”

"Will the two of us be able to govern?" Li Jiqian asked.

Zhao Gu said: "That's natural, but in addition to your two tribes, there are also many tribes who are willing to be directly under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, so this candidate will follow the emperor's suggestion to divide the Western Xia into ten roads, and the two of you will govern several of them, and the other roads will be supervised by the imperial court." ”

"And what kind of military power are we waiting for?"

"The military power is naturally to be nationalized, but the grassland tribes have had private soldiers since ancient times, and the imperial court will not forcibly stop it, and your tribe can still have private soldiers." Zhao Gu replied.

Li Jiqian suddenly realized that Zhao Gu's statement was nothing more than turning the army into private soldiers, to put it bluntly, he and Xia Weibing's territory was still owned by each other, but other places had to be owned by the Great Song Dynasty, and the two of them must also recognize the reasonable status of the Great Song Dynasty and implement the law of dividing the grass.

It seems that the two of them have not lost anything, and they have also gained a legal status, at least Li Jiqian's fate has been saved, and he can be on an equal footing with Xia Weibing in the future, and Xia Weibing has changed from an opposition party to a political party, which can be regarded as having a legal status and identity.

Zhao Gu had already said this to Xia Weibing, so she naturally did not object, and Li Jiqian was relieved when he heard that he could also be the same as Xia Weibing, and he could also be given and protected by the imperial court, so he did not object.

Therefore, this kind of sub-sealing method can be regarded as decided, and it can be officially implemented after Zhao Gu sends a document to Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Guangyi agrees.

That night, Zhao Gu wrote a military report to Zhao Guangyi, explaining the current situation in Western Xia, and at the same time explaining the reasons why he did not continue to attack, and then describing the respective forces of Xia Weibing and Li Jiqian, and finally wrote down his conversation with Xia Weibing and Li Jiqian word for word, and was sent to Kaifeng by fast riding that night.

At the same time, the overseer of the army also wrote a document and submitted it, although he was very polite to Zhao Gu on the surface, but the person he was loyal to was still Zhao Guangyi, so naturally he also had a report of his own.

But no matter what, Zhao Gu does not continue to use troops because of deep considerations, although Zhao Guangyi's ability is not particularly strong, but at least he still has the most eyesight, presumably he will not embarrass Zhao Gu in this matter, and for Zhao Gu's proposal to establish the Three Kingdoms, presumably even if Zhao Guangyi is unwilling, Zhao Pu and Lu Mengzheng and others will also speak out in agreement, so this matter is basically a certainty, and now he is nothing more than waiting for a notice.

Speaking of which, although Lu Mengzheng had thought about murdering Zhao Gu, which made Zhao Gu very annoying, but since Zhao Gu temporarily emerged in the Great Song Dynasty, he had no other thoughts about Zhao Gu, which fully showed the belly of the prime minister, Zhao Gu was also very confident in him, knowing that he would make the right choice, even if Zhao Pu was old and didn't care about anything, he would agree to his deployment.

Now all he had to do was wait.

In this way, another month passed in a hurry, and Zhao Guangyi's reply finally arrived, and as Zhao Gu expected, he agreed to Zhao Gu's suggestion.

On the letter, Zhao Guangyi divided the Western Xia into ten roads, of which the area controlled by Xia Weibing's subordinates was divided into three roads, which were still controlled by Xia Weibing, and the area controlled by Li Jiqian was also divided into three roads, which were still led by Li Jiqian, and the remaining four roads were managed by the imperial court, and these people were already on the way.

At the same time, Zhao Guangyi also acquiesced in the legitimacy of private soldiers, after all, Xia Weibing and Li Jiqian still had a large number of soldiers, and no one could force them to give up these soldiers and horses.

In addition, Zhao Guangyi also divided Xia Weibing and Li Jiqian, and the two were named Xia Guogong and An Guogong respectively, and I don't know what Zhao Guangyi and the old foxes above the court are thinking.

As soon as the holy decree was issued, Zhao Gu's expedition to the west could be regarded as over, and the eunuchs of the prison army were constantly urging Zhao Gu to return to Kaifeng, Zhao Gu sneered in his heart, but he still ordered the army to pull out the next day, and after saying hello to Xia Weibing and Li Jiqian, he embarked on the journey with more than 40,000 troops.

But his arrangement had already fallen, and the 20,000 tribal soldiers led by Hao Bai were sent by Zhao Gu to the western region of Western Xia, where there was also a horse farm, enough for 20,000 soldiers and horses to be self-sufficient.

Regarding these 20,000 soldiers and horses, the leaders of those tribes seemed to know their usefulness, so they never mentioned this matter, perhaps they also saw the contradiction between Zhao Gu and Zhao Guangyi, and hoped that the more chaos in Western Xia, the better.

Or maybe they feel that it is more stable to follow Zhao Gu, so they will help Zhao Gu a lot.

But no matter what, Zhao Gu's chess piece falling in Western Xia can be regarded as decided, as for when he will play a role, it depends on whether Zhao Guangyi dares to move Zhao Gu.