"Since the three major defeats of Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuanzhai, our western army has been fighting hard for 30 years before it has become strong today. The strength of the Western Xia country is declining, and the strength of the Western army is clearly proven. ”

Chong Jianzhong remembers that when he was a child, he could often hear his grandfather's sigh that his ambition was unrewarded. But today's Western Army's accumulated feats in the southern and northern wars are no less than the 100,000 forbidden troops that followed Taizu's southern and northern wars at the beginning of the founding of the country.

Playing with the tea cup in his hand, there was a hundred-year-old depth in his eyes, "It's almost time, it's time to get to know the party members." We have waited too long for the three-generation ambition of farming. ”

Three generations of breeders have been engaged in the war against the Western Xia, and as long as Wang Sunchen thinks of such a breeder, his ears will sound with the Jin Ge Iron Horse that has reverberated for hundreds of years. Now is the best opportunity, with the greatest certainty, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is still obstructed by someone: "Even the son of Xiao Fan Laozi [Fan Zhongyan] has been offended, of course we can't wait any longer." ”

That's what Fang Cai Wang Shunchen and Chong Jianzhong said, they fell out with Fan Zhongyan's son Fan Chunren, and now they have been transferred out of Huanqing Road.

Fan Chunren knows Qingzhou and Huanqing Jingluo, and he is the governor of Huanzhou, which is his subordinate. At the beginning of last year, a group of ripe men who had broken the law were sent to the south, but they were stopped in Gyeongju. Fan Chunren sent them to Ningzhou for detention on the grounds that there was no evidence for such familiar crimes, but the historical books of Ningzhou Zhizhou were candidates recommended by Fan Chunren.

On the surface, this is just an ordinary power struggle in officialdom. But in essence, the relationship between the breeder and Fan Chunren is actually a complete battle of ideas. Back then, he was once recommended as the eunuch of Qin Feng, and Fan Chunren said that it was inconvenient. Regarding the views of expanding the territory, the breeder and Fan Chunren are diametrically opposed.

At the beginning, Yuan Hao was rampant, Fan Zhongyan was the governor of Gyeongju, and he was very famous in the local area. But when Fan Chunren was in the court, he refused, "If Your Majesty repairs the city fortress and loves the people, the ministers are tired and dare not resign." If the envoy opens up the territory and invades Yidi, it is not what the minister is good at, and he is willing not to choose the handsome. However, Zhao Ji insisted on transferring Fan Chunren to Gyeongju.

Fan Chunren has such an attitude, which is naturally incompatible with the seed and the seed, and all the sons of the seed family are officials and generals on the border, and they join forces with Fan Chunren's political enemies to drive him away. Although there are also some losses in this process, there are fewer roadblocks that bind your hands, which is actually beneficial to the overall plan.

"You must ...... before you go outside Anne. Wang Sunchen didn't know where he had heard this idiom, "The inside of Huanqing is quiet, and you can look out now." There should be a lot of fine works in Xingqing Mansion. ”

"The heaviest portion is still the Han Chinese. There are Han Chinese in the Western Thief Army...... There are also in the court. Chong Jianzhong smiled coldly, "When the party was rampant, they acted as a dog for the party and led the southern invasion. But now, they won't die with the party members. Even if Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao are resurrected, they can only bow their heads to the court and ask for a favor. ”

Wang Sunsin became excited and came up with an idea, "Let them support Bingchang and make a good trouble." ”

"It's right to support Liang. …… He often hopes to borrow the strength of the Khitan people, and what he, the Khitan son-in-law, wants to do most now is to borrow Khitan soldiers to sweep the Liang family away. As everyone knows, this idea of luring the wolf into the house scared away how many courtiers who originally supported him in his early pro-government. Chong Jianzhong sneered, in his opinion, the current Western Xia lord is even more stupid than Shi Jingjiao. How can the support of the Khitans be relied upon, their soldiers are so easy to borrow? Not to mention that the principal will be repaid in the future, even the treasury of Western Xia cannot afford the interest.

I only heard him say to Wang Sunchen: "You are the sixth general of Huanqing, and you are at the forefront." If the imperial court wants to raise troops to the north, the first to dispatch must be the 4,000 soldiers and horses of your border city. ”

"How long will we have to wait?" Wang Sunchen asked anxiously. It is naturally a rare honor to be one of the pioneers of the Xia Eradication Army, but in the battle of the whole country, it is not so easy to earn the identity of a pioneer officer. It's not that you can sit here and receive it privately, and there are many people who want to compete for this glory. The sooner you decide, the more likely you are to become a pioneer.

"It's almost ...... Soon. ”

Chong Jianzhong did not give a clear reply, but for Wang Sunsin, it was enough. Chong Jianzhong's temperament has always been not easy to speak, and since he said so, he must have been prepared. More importantly, Wang Sunchen has some understanding of the various plans of the planters, and if it is not for the phased results, the plantation construction will not say so.

"You've already been to the court?" Wang Sunsin asked.

Chong Jianzhong nodded: "The fifth uncle just handed over the chapter to the capital two days ago. ”

"Two days ago?!" Wang Sunchen said in his heart, "There is really no delay at all. ’

But that's not surprising. The level of belligerence of the planters, especially the five species, is matched by few people in the world. He was the one who wrote to capture Suide, he was the one who proposed to enter Zhuluowu, he was the one who wanted to attack Hengshan two years ago, and he was the one who is clamoring for the destruction of Western Xia now.

Inheriting the legacy of his father, Chong Shiheng, he can't see the hypocritical peace time now. Now the outside world says that it is a kind of immortality and military affairs. However, the whole Western Army, together with the people of Guanxi, all wanted to destroy the Western Xia as soon as possible and return Shaanxi to a truly peaceful and prosperous era.

"The fifth uncle has already been booked," Chong Jianzhong's eyebrows were full of excitement: "As long as the Son of Heaven makes up his mind and the imperial court approves it, it only takes a year of planning and preparation at most, and next year he will be able to raise the flag to the north and kill Ben Xingling." ”

"I don't know if the time comes, whether Xingqing Mansion will be able to fight for a result." Wang Sunchen obviously wanted to watch the good drama between Empress Dowager Liang and Bingchang's mother and son.

Chong Jianzhong smiled: "A few days ago, the caravan that went to Xingqing Mansion came back and said that the two factions of the emperor and queen are fighting more and more fiercely, and they can't tell when they will tear their faces down." ”

Wang Sunsin nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip. As if thinking of something, his face suddenly changed, and he put down the cup and asked, "...... Does it matter? ”

"What?" Chong Jianzhong didn't understand it for a while.

"Now I still send a caravan to do business with the party members, it doesn't matter if this matter is important." Wang Sunchen was worried that the farmer was still sending people to the middle school of the Western Xia Kingdom, although it was to find out about the enemy and do business by the way, it did not mean that no one would make a fuss about it.

"Afraid of what?" Chong Jianzhong didn't care, "If there is no caravan to go to Xingqing Mansion to investigate, how can we sit here and talk about the world." ”

Although he has always wanted to destroy the Western Xia, this does not affect the farmer to do business with the party members. The reason why the number of caravans participating in Huiyi has decreased recently, is not that the planters are preparing for a decisive battle with the Western Xia, so they have reined in, but because the property that can be exchanged on the other side is getting less and less, even the pool salt produced in the Qingbai Salt Pond has been becoming more and more unsellable recently.

Business is business, business is business. Relying on Yulu and the barren fields in Shaanxi alone could not sustain the daily expenses of a Jiangmen family. Not to mention buying the other tribe and exploring the military and political affairs of Western Xia, they all relied on the intelligence and money brought back by the many caravans sent to Lu.

As one of the few members of the Jiangmen family in the Great Song Dynasty, the whole family knew very well that in order to maintain the family's integrity, it was not only the official position, land, property, children, disciples, and relatives, but also the enemy situation and the resources of the secret agents in their hands were also the key, and it was a magic weapon that could bring victory. Only by leading his soldiers to win victories for the Son of Heaven is the only way to protect the family forever.

The business house that does espionage tasks part-time is not the only one. As far as Wang Sunchen knew, the three firms of Gao, Wang, and Han, which controlled most of the business on Xihe Road, had already extended their hands to Hexi. Liangzhou, Guazhou and Ganzhou, which used to belong to the Tubo people of the Liugu Department who had fallen, have now secretly concluded an agreement to surrender through a caravan, as long as the official army takes Lanzhou and conquers the Hongchiling [Wusheling] at the gateway to Hexi, they will immediately start up and drive the party members out of Ganzhou and Liangzhou. As for Lanzhou, the army piled up in the city by the party has exceeded 10,000, but as long as the official army intends to advance north, Yu Zang Huama will immediately join forces inside and outside and offer the city gate.

Xihe is ready there, and now this side of Huanqing Road is also ready, with Wang Sunchen's experience and identity, both sides can be chosen. Whether he made meritorious service in Gyeongju or in Xihe, Wang Sunsin didn't care, he only wanted to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he would not pick and choose the location.

As he spoke, Wang Sunsin's subordinates had already arranged a banquet under his orders. Wang Sunchen, who was in a good mood, invited Chong Jianzhong to sit at the table.

"Who is the new governor of Gyeongju in Zhina-do?" After drinking two glasses of wine, Chong Jianzhong suddenly asked.

"Who?"

"Gao Zunyu."

"How is he?!" Wang Sunchen exclaimed. He is on Xihe Road, and he is well aware of Gao Zunyu's temper, and he is also a master who is greedy for fame. With him, he joined forces to attack the Son of Heaven to attack Western Xia, which should be two more points, but it was also because of Gao Zunyu's presence, but when he attacked Western Xia in the north, it was difficult to have a chance to show his strength.

Chong Jianzhong didn't care about this: "The world is not going well, but at least Gao Zunyu will not stop him from fighting Western Xia, it is better than Fan Yaofu." Gao Zunyu is easy to deal with, and it may not be clear who will press whom. As for Fan Yaofu, leave it to Han Yukun to have a headache. ”

Wang Sunchen was confused: "...... How did Fan Jingluo get in touch with Han Sange? ”

"Isn't Han Yukun in Jingxi?" Chong Jianzhong smiled, "The imperial court condemned Fan Yaofu, and it was the Zhilong Tuge who was responsible for the Xinyang Army. ”

"Xinyang in Jingxi?" Wang Sunsin immediately asked.

"Where else is Xinyang?" There was a little more schadenfrefreude on his face, "Fan Yaofu has made us suffer for two years here on Huanqing Road, and it's time for Han Yukun to taste it." ”