Since sending the secret letter to the capital, Zhao Xiaoxi has calculated the time for replying. It's just that compared to usual, MeSign will arrive on time and quickly. This time, the secret letter was delivered to the capital, but it stayed for about three days.

Along with this secret letter, there was also top-secret information from the Buyi Pavilion in the capital. The above describes the reason for the delay, and it is more that Zhao Xu discussed with the trusted minister of the Empress Dowager Gao for this matter, and finally made an ambiguous decision.

Perhaps it was the Lanzhou War last year that made the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty feel that today's Western Xia is not to worry. Now the only country that can really compete with the Great Song Dynasty is Daliao, which has fallen into civil strife.

This kind of excessively surging self-confidence, if it were not carefully suppressed by Empress Dowager Gao, Zhao Xiaoxi could have believed it. Zhao Xu and those loyal to the emperor faction would immediately send troops to attack Da Liao, and felt that such an opportunity should not be missed.

But in Zhao Xiaoxi's view, now is not the best opportunity to recover Daliao. And as long as the Great Song Dynasty starts a war, the various ministries of the Liao State, which had frequent fights, may immediately sit down to negotiate, but let the Great Liao pick up a bargain.

Compared with the internal strife of Da Liao, it was a battle of counterinsurgency and rebellion carried out by brotherly discord. If the Great Song Dynasty raised troops to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, it would be a war between countries, and the current tribes of the Great Liao would definitely put aside their prejudices and fight together.

If it really becomes like that, it will give the various ministries of Daliao a chance for peace negotiations. Considering this, Zhao Xiaoxi had already noted it in detail in his letter when Zhao Xu asked if he could send troops to Daliao.

Maybe he thinks that Zhao Xiaoxi is now putting all his focus on the affairs of the rivers and lakes. This made Zhao Xu feel that Zhao Xiaoxi was somewhat at his own expense and did not fulfill his promise to build an invincible cavalry army for him.

If it weren't for Zhao Xu's heart, he would be able to control the army at present. It was this cavalry army led by Zhao Xiaoxi. I'm afraid that Zhao Xu won't give up the opportunity to attack Da Liao in his opinion.

On the contrary, it was the Empress Dowager Gao, who felt that Zhao Xiaoxi was very calm and saw the shortcomings of the current Great Song Dynasty. Don't look at the victory in the Battle of Song and Xia, imagine the Liao State as a soft persimmon. Once the end of the war is lightly started. Unless the battle can be resolved quickly, the Great Song will be defeated.

As a good defender, the Song army wants to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, in addition to facing those defenders. It is also necessary to guard against the cavalry that comes and goes like the wind. This meant that the Great Song Dynasty had to have a cavalry force that could confront the Liao cavalry.

Although the cavalry is strong now, there are only those numbers. If you really want to pull it to the battlefield, even if you can block ten with one, it is the cavalry that will be defeated in the end. If you finish these cavalry seedlings. The idea of the Great Song to form a cavalry would come to naught.

Nowadays, the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty either hold the concept of 'belligerent and die', and are unwilling to fight at will. Either they hold the concept of 'forgetting the war will be dangerous', thinking about conquering the Quartet every day and creating an eternal event in the Great Song Dynasty.

On the contrary, Cho Hyo-seok knows very well that these two concepts must be taken into account. Not fighting unprepared battles is the principle that all monarchs and ministers should abide by. This means that war is only used as a means of statecraft. It's not a magic weapon.

received a secret letter from Zhao Xiaoxi this time, and Zhao Xu felt that Zhao Xiaoxi was the prince of the Great Song Dynasty. It's a good thing to marry the princess of Fanbang. But it is easy to pose a threat to the imperial power, the reason is very simple, Zhao Xu knows about Zhao Xiaoxi's cooperation with Dali.

If it is said that cooperating with Dali can contain Tubo and ensure the safety of the southwest of the Great Song Dynasty, and it can also facilitate Zhao Xiaoxi to form a cavalry army in Bashu, Zhao Xu can turn a blind eye. Don't pay much attention to Cho Hyo-seok. and the Dali royal family.

Then becoming the master of the Western Xia Dynasty means that Zhao Xiaoxi's strength has begun to penetrate into the northern land. Once Zhao Xiaoxi has two countries as the backing, then Zhao Xu wants to balance Zhao Xiaoxi, and he will also throw a rat trap.

For Zhao Xu, who is the emperor. There is a high queen mother to check and balance, and I feel very upset. If there is one more Zhao Xiaoxi, then what is the significance of him as the lord of the Central Plains?

The emperor's family is ruthless, for the sake of the stability of Wang Tu's hegemony, Zhao Xu feels that brotherhood should also stand aside. Even Zhao Xiaoxi can understand this, but when he really saw Zhao Xu make a choice, Zhao Xiaoxi felt a little sad.

What worries Zhao Xiaoxi even more is that as the imperial grandmother began to gradually delegate power, Zhao Xu's prestige in the court is also increasing day by day. In addition to the temporary military power, which was also suppressed by the Empress Dowager Gao, almost Zhao Xu had the final say in civil affairs.

Coupled with the news from the capital, the imperial grandmother's health is deteriorating, and it seems that it will be difficult to survive this winter. Combined with the history he knew, Cho Hyo-seok knew that time was running out for him.

Since he has chosen this path, Cho Hyo-seok must also accept this inevitable result. Once the imperial grandmother who leaned towards the government and the opposition died, the Great Song Dynasty would officially enter the era of Zhezong.

If Zhao Xiaoxi doesn't want to have a hard fight with Zhao Xu, he must make a certain degree of tolerance. For example, the secret letter sent by Zhao Xu this time, the reply given above was that Western Xia could not be allowed to form an alliance with Liao.

In addition, it was not explained whether Zhao Xiaoxi would become the concubine of Western Xia. In short, this is a very vague will, but it can show that Zhao Xu is actually very entangled. It doesn't seem to want to destroy the relationship established between brothers.

Maybe it's clear that Zhao Xiaoxi is useful to his Wang Tu great cause, and Zhao Xu doesn't want to restrain Zhao Xiaoxi too much. But it was still out of the emperor's principle, and he wanted to control Zhao Xiaoxi's footsteps and not let him get out of his grasp.

In the face of this vague will, it strengthened Cho Hyo-seok's confidence. If he could, he would have to fight for the pony this time. Take this opportunity to test what choice Zhao Xu will make in the end.

Anyway, now the power he has at hand is more lurking in the Central Plains, or simply moving overseas. The strength on the surface is only the poor county king's mansion with a small number of people. As for the cavalry, the current deputy commanders seem to be very loyal to the emperor.

Of course, if you really want to talk about it, Cho Hyo-seok's current subordinates. Many of them were loyal to the emperor, and it was precisely because of their loyalty to the emperor that they could be constantly promoted and appointed.

If one day, if you have to choose between Zhao Xiaoxi and the emperor, maybe things will be variable. This kind of variable, even Cho Hyo-seok does not dare to completely guarantee the ticket. Even these people are now obedient to their words.

In short, what Zhao Xiaoxi can really fully trust is the personnel trained from secret camps in various places. These personnel are the real trustworthy force in Han Ankang's hands. And these forces, Zhao Xiaoxi is currently moving them overseas.

From the known history, the cousin's time is still seven years away. As long as Zhao Xu can continue his current sanity and intelligence, Zhao Xiaoxi can choose to retreat. Hibernate and sit back and wait for the opportunity, slowly encroaching on and managing your own power.

With this vague will, Zhao Xiaoxi took the two Tianwei who had been summoned from this trip, as well as eight prefecture-level military guards. In addition, Wang Yuyan, a follower, handed over to the Vulture Palace and handed over to Mei Jian's four daughters to be responsible for riding the horse down the mountain.

What made Zhao Xiaoxi a little helpless was that Wang Yuyan didn't know that the tendon was wrong, so she gave up her previous restraint and rode with him. Even Zhao Xiaoxi always felt inconvenient when she was by her side.

In any case, Wang Yuyan is not Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling. This kind of defense between men and women, Zhao Xiaoxi has to take care of it somewhat. Otherwise, if Wang Yuyan is also included in the room, the cheap father-in-law will blame himself to death.

Several baby daughters, all of whom have become Zhao Xiaoxi's pillow people, it is difficult for Duan Zhengchun not to be depressed. But with such a fragrant beauty by her side, and Zhao Xiaoxi is a normal man, how can she not react at all?

However, Wang Yuyan seems to understand all this, and slowly becomes accustomed to it from the initial shyness, but enjoys the awkward feeling of Zhao Xiaoxi. The more Zhao Xiaoxi abides by the rules, the less well-behaved Wang Yuyan becomes.

Until Zhao Xiaoxi reacted, looking at Wang Yuyan's nonsense, he couldn't help but warn in his ear: "Yuyan, don't mess around." Otherwise, you can't afford the consequences. I don't want to hurt you, understand? ”

Listening to Zhao Xiaoxi's soft warning in his ear, Wang Yuyan pretended to be confused and said, "Brother Zhao, what did you say?" ”

Faced with Wang Yuyan's cunning side, Zhao Xiaoxi felt that he had to teach this woman a lesson. Otherwise, if he is really muddy and takes her in at that time, don't blame him for guarding and stealing from him.

While everyone was riding, Cho Hyo-seok suddenly felt his hands holding the reins shrink. quickly suppressed Wang Yuyan directly into her arms, so that Wang Yuyan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Feeling that her whole body was about to be rubbed into Zhao Xiaoxi's arms, Wang Yuyan also knew that this was Zhao Xiaoxi's warning. couldn't help but feel his heart beating, but he didn't say anything against it, which made Zhao Xiaoxi feel very incredible.

You know, they're already very close to each other right now. With his understanding of Wang Yuyan's temperament, he will feel inappropriate, and make some resistance actions a little. But why didn't there be any reaction?

Until he saw Wang Yuyan, the pair of delicate earlobes turned pink, and Zhao Xiaoxi felt that this woman was afraid that she was also shy. just endured it, when nothing happened, and refused to let him admit defeat.

I don't know where the idea came from, but Zhao Xiaoxi suddenly opened his mouth and sucked the earlobe leaning against his mouth. This action immediately made Wang Yuyan feel like she had been struck by lightning, and her delicate body softened as if she had been softened.

Seeing this reaction, no matter how stupid Zhao Xiaoxi is, he knows that this place is afraid that this place is the sensitive place of this woman. What he didn't expect was that Wang Yuyan's physique was so sensitive, this kind of woman is a man's favorite!

In order to prevent those entourages from seeing the strangeness, Zhao Xiaoxi could only use his hands to help Wang Yuyan, who was paralyzed in his arms. He said softly: "Now you know the consequences of disobedience, right?" ”

These words fell into Wang Yuyan's ears, and she also felt that her heart was in turmoil. This kind of intimate contact is undoubtedly beyond Wang Yuyan's ability to bear. What made Wang Yuyan even more flustered was this wonderful feeling like electricity.

Although Wang Yuyan was a little angry with Zhao Xiaoxi's boldness, she understood that it was the result of her own effort. Now she is weak, leaning on Zhao Xiaoxi's arms, Wang Yuyan feels very stable and steady. Could it be that this is really a marriage destined by God? (To be continued......)