Chao Yong did not inform the various departments in the city, but the 5,000 people Chao Yong brought at the beginning and the 10,000 people of the Wu Song Department still couldn't hide the head snake in the city.

The next day, when Chao Yong and his party were in class, the people who saw them off outside the city gate lined up for several miles.

Chao Yong did not stop, but waved at the crowd on his horse, and then followed the planned route to the south. In addition to the 15,000 people who accompanied him, it was the rare treasures that the Western Xia had accumulated for several generations. The gold, silver and copper coins were only counted and sealed for Ningxia Road support. Then there are Li Renai and Yelu Nanxian.

Although there were some more goods, but there were enough chariots and horses, the speed of the march did not slow down, and the march was sixty miles a day.

Chao Yong and his entourage came to Xiazhou through Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Xiazhou, which was the core area of the Weiming family's army. Lu Junyi had already informed in advance that he would lead Renzhong, Renli and the leaders of the Yinxia region to meet in Xiazhou.

When the leaders of the various departments learned that the prince of Daliang was going to return to Daliang through the Yinxia area, they prepared gifts to meet him, but Chao Yong did not stop along the way, so as soon as Lu Junyi passed the message, the leaders of all the departments rushed to Xiazhou and prepared to meet the prince of Daliang together in Xiazhou.

Lu Junyi had already surrendered all the state capitals in the Yinxia region, and a small number of tribes that were loyal to the Wei Ming clan also surrendered to Daliang under the persuasion of Renzhong and Renli.

It was the beginning of July, and it was a little hotter.

When Chao Yong and his party were still thirty miles away, Lu Junyi led the leaders of various departments out of the city ten miles to greet them.

Although these tribal leaders were all exploiting the tribesmen and wearing the thinnest silk in the Central Plains, they still sweated profusely when they stood in the sun for half an hour.

Lu Junyi is not a rigid person, and he doesn't have to let everyone express his sincerity in the sun. It's just that outside the city, it's hard to find a big forest, and naturally there is no shade.

Speaking of which, this is all the sins of the Western Xia, and the struggle between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty is not to have the upper hand. Especially after the Song Dynasty continued to use troops in the northwest, the Western Xia was defeated and retreated. In order to prevent the Western army from attacking the city, the Western Xia cut down all the big trees near the city, and only small trees could be kept near the city. Small trees cannot make siege equipment, and naturally they cannot provide shade for people.

Everyone kept wiping their sweat, but at this time, they were looking forward to Chao Yong and his party from the bottom of their hearts.

Finally, a four-clawed golden dragon banner appeared in the distance, and then a large group of soldiers and horses also appeared on the horizon.

Although Lu Junyi had already told everyone in advance that Liang should not kneel, but when Chao Yong arrived. There are still some tribal leaders who can't help but kneel and kowtow.

Chao Yong just asked everyone to be exempt, and let Lu Junyi go with him.

Lu Junyi didn't dare to go hand in hand with Chao Yong, so he made a mistake by half of the horse's body and accompanied Chao Yong to the city.

The rest of the chiefs followed.

Chao Yong said with a smile: "This time, the biggest credit for the destruction of Western Xia was taken by you." ”

Lu Junyi hurriedly said: "If it weren't for the prince's raid and capture of Xingqing Mansion. The ministries will not look down on the wind. The last general only borrowed the power of the prince to have a small credit. ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Raid Xingqing Mansion, the soldiers and horses I brought are also under your command." ”

"If it weren't for the crown prince's leadership, they wouldn't have been able to do that."

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "General Lu, don't be too humble, otherwise I will give you a discount for this credit." ”

Lu Junyi said with a smile: "Actually, it was Yan Qing who gave advice, and I only hit Yanzhou and recruited Renli and Renzhong." Then he took the Yinxia region. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "No matter who makes the plan, the boss uses their strategy, and the plan can be implemented, so your credit cannot be concealed." It's been a long time since I saw Xiao Yi. Come up and speak. ”

Yan Qing followed behind Lu Junyi, and when she heard the prince's call, she immediately came up and followed Chao Yong's side. It is a little more behind than Lu Junyi.

"Xiao Yi has seen the prince."

Chao Yong smiled and said, "You have built such a meritorious service, how can the court reward you?" ”

Yan Qing smiled: "The prince knows. Xiao Yi is not an official, and the credit is on the master's head. ”

"Naturally, the imperial court will not lose General Lu's reward, but the imperial court can't pretend not to know about your merits, right? Tell me, what do you want? ”

Yan Qing shook his head and said: "Xiao Yi really can't think of anything he wants, the money he was rewarded before is enough for me and my master to travel the world, and it is useless to ask for other things." ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll ask the emperor to reward you with a gold medal like I came in person, you travel all over the world, if you need anything, you can find the local government." Of course, if you encounter any injustice, or corrupt officials, you can also use this gold medal to act cheaply. ”

When Lu Junyi heard that Chao Yong actually wanted to ask the emperor to reward Yan Qing with the gold medal that Yan Qing Ruzhen was there in person, he was also very moved, and hurriedly said: "Yan Qing is not an official, how can she receive such a gold medal." ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Yan Qing is cautious and very intelligent, so he will not abuse this gold medal." ”

Yan Qing said with a sad face when she heard this: "Xiao Yi just wants to play the world, the prince gave me this gold medal, doesn't it make me worry a lot." In my opinion, it's better not to want it. ”

When Lu Junyi heard this, he couldn't help but reprimand: "Xiao Yi, don't talk nonsense, this kind of gold medal can't be asked for by others, how can you be so troubled." ”

Yan Qing said: "If I didn't have this gold medal, I would just avoid the corrupt officials when I saw them, but with this gold medal, I had to come forward to punish them, wouldn't it be a lot more." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "These things depend on your mind, if you are not in the mood, just pass quietly." We don't know where you've been. If you travel in the mountains and rivers, you must use cars, horses, boats and boats. With this gold medal, it will also save you a lot of trouble. ”

Yan Qing said helplessly: "This gold medal is really difficult to accept." ”

"Haha, I don't care about this, when I go back to Tokyo, I will ask the emperor to give you a gold medal."

Yan Qing wanted to say something, Lu Junyi glared at him and said, "You are not an official, but you can also do something for the court in the rivers and lakes." It's hard for us to build the country together, and you don't care about it. ”

Yan Qing saw Lu Junyi speak, so she had no choice but to give up her hand and say: "Xiao Yi must make good use of the gold medal." ”

Chao Yong said: "How have the rogues on Huanqing Road been exterminated? ”

On that day, Renzhong abandoned 100,000 soldiers and horses on Huanqing Road, and Xue Sichang surrendered most of them, but there were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses who did not surrender, but scattered on Huanqing Road to become rogues, plundering the people everywhere.

When Chao Yong heard that Seed Master Dao and others had reached an agreement with Xue Sichang, he was also furious. His subordinates have not spared the traitors, and Xue Sichang is undoubtedly much more shameless than Ren Dejing, who dedicated Xi'an Prefecture, Ren Dejing is full of beheading, then Xue Sichang should punish the three clans, but everyone promised to spare Xue Sichang, how can Chao Yong not be angry.

However, the decisions made by Seed Master Dao, Lu Junyi, Wu Song and others together, Chao Yong can no longer trample on everyone's promises in the ground. And everyone's decision can't be said to be wrong, letting Xue Sichang besiege Renzhong can not only speed up the destruction of Western Xia, but also reduce the casualties of the Great Liang soldiers and horses.

If Renzhong returned to Western Xia with 200,000 soldiers and horses, even if Chao Yong captured the Xingling region. Renzhong also has enough soldiers and horses to guard the Yinxia region, so he may not easily surrender to Daliang. Once the war resumes, Daliang will inevitably win, but the price paid will not be small.

It can be said that everyone's choice is undoubtedly the most rational, and Chao Yong had to admit this, so after being angry for a while, he didn't have any mustard, and rewarded everyone.

After Lu Junyi recruited the Renzhong army, he got in touch with Huanqing Road and Yanyan Road, and wanted to transfer two soldiers and horses into the Yinxia area. After all, he only has 5,000 men under his command, although all the departments have surrendered, but Daliang can't help but send troops to garrison, so he knows the news of Huanqing Road very well.

After Li Ying arrived with 10,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers from his headquarters, he wiped out most of the rogues, leaving only a few small groups of rogues, who did not leave a hand. After Lin Chong and Liu Guangshi of Yan Yanlu also led their troops to arrive, they completely exterminated those rogues. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Well, after the elimination of the Liukou on Huanqing Road, Shaanxi Road will be stable." The soldiers and horses of Huanqing Road followed Xue Sichang to defect to Western Xia, but my Daliang did not use this kind of soldiers and horses, so they had to be disarmed and returned to the field. ”

Lu Junyi said: "How to arrange the defense of the Yinxia region?" ”

Chao Yong said: "Your department has traveled thousands of miles, so let's rest in Xiazhou for a while, and at the same time deter all departments." There is no shortage of Han people in the Yinxia area, and after a while, local conscription is enough. I will return the 5,000 people who raided Xingqing Mansion, but Zhang Qing has been promoted to the rank of commander of ten thousand people, and he will return to Tokyo with me to take up his post. ”

Lu Junyi said with a smile: "Zhang Qingduo has made meritorious contributions, and he has been wronged under my command for a long time. ”

The Xiazhou Yamen where the group entered, the banquet for the prince to receive the wind and wash the dust has been set up in the lobby.

The reception banquet prepared by Lu Junyi for Chao Yong was very luxurious, not only the wine and food were treasures, but also the women dancing in the middle were all stunning.

After Chao Yong sat down, he smiled and said, "General Lu embezzled money from the treasury like this, isn't he afraid of impeachment by the imperial history?" ”

Lu Junyi said: "I haven't touched a penny of the treasury, it was all paid for by various ministries, and the dancing women are all beauties in their ministry, I hope the prince can take a fancy to them." ”

Chao Yong shook his head helplessly, the Yinxia area was the nest of the Wei Ming clan, but he didn't dare to bring two dangerous goods with him.

Chao Yong saw that Yan Qing was arranging for a military general with knotted hair to sit in the front row, and couldn't help asking, "Who is that?" ”

Although the surrendered Western Xia people also changed their Han costumes, their bald hair had just been shaved. A long-haired person appeared in a group of bald heads, which was naturally very eye-catching.

Lu Junyi glanced at it and said: "He is the younger brother of the current head of the family, and he heard that the prince was going to return to the dynasty in the Yinxia region, so he rushed to meet him." ”

Although it is nominally a military general of the Song Dynasty, but it is a hereditary Lin, Fu and Feng three states, it can be said that the soldiers and horses of the three states are completely the private army of the Zhe family. However, the three prefectures of Lin, Fu and Feng are in the east of the river, and the generals of the Zhejia family are not considered the Western Army, otherwise the generals of the Zhuang family cannot be said to be the first generals of the Western Army. (To be continued)