The dark and starlight of the Bianjing Imperial City, shrouded in darkness outside the palace, Zhao Lei, led by an inner attendant, walked along the dark road towards the inner palace. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"This lord, I don't know why the official summoned the official late at night?" Zhao Lei, who was woken up from sleep, but was announced into the inner palace by the chamberlain with the holy decree, grabbed the chamberlain who led the way in front, and asked in confusion after handing over a piece of gold.

"The lower officials don't know very well, in the evening the king of Boping came to the inner palace to send a secret letter, and the official family was overjoyed after reading it, and then asked the lower officials to invite Lu Yijian, Song Qi, Ye Qingchen, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Su, King Pu'an, Wang Deyong and Lord Zhao and other adults to come to the inner palace to discuss matters." The chamberlain took the gold sent by Zhao Lei, weighed the weight and replied to Zhao Lei with a smile.

The king of Boping County, who mastered the secret guard, entered the palace to deliver a secret letter, and it was still night, it seems that something big happened, but what big event can make the official family happy during this period! After Zhao Lei heard the answer of the waiter, he thought to himself even more suspiciously.

With doubts, Zhao Lei walked into the study of Zhao Zhen, an official in the inner palace of the imperial city.

Zhao Lei's family lives in the West Corner Tower, and there is only one door in the inner palace of the Great Song Dynasty Imperial City, and Zhao Lei, who came to the imperial study in a big circle, is already the latest one among the crowd.

In the imperial study, the official Zhao Zhen sat behind the bookcase with a ruddy face and joy, in front of the bookcase, Lu Yijian and King Pu'an stood in front at the same time, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Su and Ye Qingchen stood behind Lu Yijian, and Song Qi and Wang Deyong stood behind King Pu'an, talking and laughing in the study.

"Lord Zhao has arrived, Lord Zhao has the most right to speak in this matter, let's listen to Lord Zhao's opinion first!" As soon as Zhao Lei stepped into the imperial study, Prime Minister Lu Yijian handed Zhao Lei a secret letter with a smile and said.

Zhao Lei was already guessing what was going on. Hearing Lu Yijian's words, he didn't shirk it, and directly took the secret letter and looked at it.

After reading the secret letter, although Zhao Lei was shocked, he had expected that a month and a half ago, Xixia gave birth to a major event that was enough to affect the world, Xixia Yuanhao's wife, the princess of Liao and her son suddenly fell ill and died, and the background of this incident was that the envoy of Liao was engaged in a series of requests for Yuan Hao to establish the son of the princess of Liao as the crown prince in Xixia. Without the princess of Liao and her son in Western Xia, the interests of Liao in Western Xia suffered a great loss, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen, who was furious, gathered 200,000 troops and horses, and went south to garrison troops in Yunnei, preparing to invade the territory of Western Xia.

After this matter was learned by the Great Song Dynasty secret guard, he immediately sent the news back to Bianjing, and the king of Boping County did not dare to delay when he got the news, and sent the news to the forbidden inner palace overnight, after the official Zhao Zhen got the news. He summoned Lu Yijian and Zhao Lei, the three important ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, to the imperial study to inquire about countermeasures.

"What does the Zhao Qing family think?" The official Zhao Zhen saw Zhao Lei read the secret letter. asked with a light smile.

The official Zhao Zhen summoned Zhao Lei and others to come, but he wanted to find someone to share the joy in his heart, the dispute between Xia and Liao, the official Zhao Zhen could see the jokes, but he was unwilling to intervene, no matter the expedition to Western Xia and Liao, for the current Great Song Dynasty, the burden is too heavy, if you are sure to take advantage of it, it is good, but the Great Song Dynasty has not taken advantage of it. Therefore, Zhao Zhen is not ready to send troops to participate in the war, but the demonstrative heavy military pressure gets a little diplomatic benefit, this kind of thing the official Zhao Zhen is still happy to see, which is the main reason why the official Zhao Zhen summoned the important ministers.

Heard the official Zhao Zhen's inquiry. Zhao Lei pondered for a while and said firmly: "The battle of Xia Liao is inevitable. ”

Just now, the official Zhao Zhen and the ministers were still discussing whether the battle between Western Xia and Liao would not be able to fight, and now they heard Zhao Lei's categorical words. The official Zhao Zhen asked curiously: "Why is Aiqing so confident?" ”

"Yuan Hao's wife, the princess of Liao, is Yelu Zongzhen's sister and sister, the relationship has always been close, Yelu Zong will really avenge this great revenge, and the original Song and Xia war, the reason why Liao is committed to reconciliation between the two countries is because of Yuan Hao's plea and the promise of setting up the son of the princess of Liao as the prince, these things are known to the world, and now the princess of Liao and her son died of a violent illness, it is obvious that Yuan Hao's poisonous hand, if Liao Yelu Zong really did nothing, wouldn't it become a laughing stock in other countries, don't forget, last month, Liao's envoy in Bianjing was still showing off the reconciliation of the Song and Xia war, it's all the credit of Liao! Yuan Hao's killing of the princess of Liao and her son is equivalent to a big slap in the face of Yelu Zongzhen, how can Ye Lu Zongzhen swallow this breath.

The most important thing is that there are many contradictions in the Liao country, Yelu Zong really has the idea of waving troops to lead the dispute, last year Zeng Tun troops Datong Mansion threatened the Great Song Dynasty is proof of this, but the battle of Song Xia Great Song Dynasty defeated Western Xia Yuanhao, Yelu Zong really felt that he was not sure of the defeat of my Great Song Dynasty to negotiate peace, and now when he encounters the Western Xia that has been defeated in a row and the national strength has regressed, he will definitely send troops to recruit troops to alleviate domestic contradictions. Zhao Lei said to the official Zhao Zhen in a slow and calm voice.

"Lord Zhao said it well, the battle of Xia Liao is absolutely inevitable, and the imperial court can send a large army to garrison the Yongxing military road to force Western Xia to be the vassal of our dynasty." Song Qi agreed with Zhao Lei's statement at this time, and at the same time put forward his opinion.

"Lord Song is taking it for granted! It was easy to say that it would be easier said to force Western Xia to be a vassal of our dynasty, but the Liao Congress agreed

Will Natsu agree! If one is not good, it will cause the spearhead of the Liao Kingdom to join forces to deal with my Great Song, how does Lord Song think to deal with it. Lu Yijian and Song Qi also don't deal with each other, one is a powerful minister during the Queen Mother's period, and the other is a royalist during the Queen Mother's period, the relationship between the two has been undealing for more than ten years, and everyone in the officialdom knows about it, so as soon as Song Yi's proposal came out, Lu Yijian poured cold water and sneered.

"Now that Xia Liao's hatred is as deep as the sea, how can it be possible to join forces to deal with my Great Song!" Song Qi retorted unceremoniously.

"Naive, there is hatred between countries, the matter of the princess of Liao, but personal enmity, Liao's attack on Western Xia, mainly political needs, once my Great Song Dynasty intervenes, it is very likely to cause great changes at that time, and it is not impossible for Xia and Liao to join forces." Lu Yijian leaned on the old and sold the old, squinted at Song Qi and said with a sneer.

"What do you mean, Lord Lu, we just sit like this and do nothing?" Song Qi also asked Lu Yijian with a sneer.

"If you don't do it, you will do it, without my Great Song Dynasty intervening, it will be a battle of life and death between Xia and Liao, once my Great Song Dynasty intervenes, they will leave a little leeway, and they will keep it to deal with my Great Song Dynasty, if you don't do it, it's better to do it than to do it!" Lu Yijian said with a cunning sigh.

"Don't do anything, where is the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty, the Liao State dared to send troops to deter our dynasty in the Battle of Song and Xia, and in the Battle of Xia and Liao, our dynasty actually didn't make the slightest move, and if I said it, I didn't let the Four Seas Domain laugh." Song Yi glared at Lu Yijian and asked.

"Why do you want to garrison the Yongxing Military Road! We can send troops to Zhending Mansion and send envoys to ask for the sixteen states of Yanyun! At this time, Zhao Lei walked between Song Qi and Lu Yijian with a strange smile, and said indifferently to everyone in the imperial study.

"Tell me why?" Fan Zhongyan asked with great interest in Zhao Lei's proposal.

"The battle of Song and Xia, but the Liao State stationed troops on the frontier, and then opened his mouth to ask for the ten counties of Guannan, since for the sake of face, we will garrison the Zhending Mansion and ask the Liao State to return the sixteen states of Yanyun, if you do this, no one in the Four Seas Domain will dare to laugh at me anymore!" Zhao Lei asked in a deep voice to Song Itch.

"Will it anger the Liao State?" Song Qi's arrogance disappeared immediately, and he asked very weakly.

Bully the soft and fear the hard! Zhao Lei despised Song Qi in his heart, but he still said with a light smile on his face: "Just put on a gesture, and then send envoys to Liao, isn't this something that Liao often did in the Song Xia War!" They understand what's going on, and they won't take it too seriously, if the messenger can get a few hard-earned money back, I will also save face when I say it! ”

Hearing Zhao Lei's almost scoundrel words, the official Zhao Zhen shook his head a little dizzy, and Lu Yijian had already asked angrily: "What did Lord Zhao say, when I was facing up and down, I was called Huazi, what did I mean to ask for a few pennies of hard money, this is a demonstration, a deterrent, and a display of national strength." ”

"Master Lu, don't worry, the official words haven't been finished yet! The battle of Xia Liao, Liao is strong and Xia is weak, if we don't make such a gesture, once the Liao State defeats the Western Xia, and then annexes the Western Xia, then my Great Song Dynasty will face the threat of the Liao State alone, and the future will be endless! The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the ancient words are clear, you must guard against it! Zhao Lei explained to Lu Yijian with a smile.

Hearing Zhao Lei's explanation, everyone in the study pondered for a moment and felt that Zhao Lei was reasonable, the relationship between Song and Liaoxia was like the ancient Three Kingdoms, the Liao State was powerful, and it occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun as a springboard for the invasion of the Song Dynasty, which posed the greatest threat to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Western Xia State was weak and weak, and it was not a matter of worry for a while, and it was the royal way to unite the Western Xia against the Liao State, so it was okay for the Liao to invade Xia, and it was absolutely impossible to destroy the Xia.

"It's just that doing this, it's too cheap Xixia!" Wang Deyong and Yuan Hao have been fighting for more than ten years, which can be described as bitter and bitter, and now I heard that the imperial court only threatened the Liao State, let it go and support the Western Xia, I couldn't help but ask a little unevenly.

"It must not be cheap Western Xia, so the minister thinks that Ming Ce should be used against the Liao State, but what about Western Xia? Should you use a secret strategy? Zhao Lei turned his head and said to the official Zhao Zhen at this time.

"Secret strategy! What is a secret strategy? The official Zhao Zhen asked with interest.

"The 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Liao State are not so easy to deal with, the Liao cavalry who are also good at riding and archery is more elite than the Xixia cavalry, and the Western Xia Yuanhao wants to fight against the Liao cavalry, and must draw the whole country to resist, so that the troops in the Western Xia must be empty, and the minister means that three or five thousand elite cavalry from the border cavalry, dressed as a horse thief, secretly moved into the Western Xia, and harassed the Xiping Mansion Dangxiang tribe, one can weaken the national strength of the Western Xia, and the other can rob the gold, silver, horses, and cattle to strengthen my court, killing two birds with one stone, why not!" Zhao Lei smiled and said sinisterly to the official Zhao Zhen's suggestion.

"Pretending to be a horse thief to rob Western Xia, as soon as this plan comes out, let the world know how to think of me itching the country of the Great Song Dynasty, this matter must not be done!" Fan Zhongyan was the first to stand up and refute Zhao Lei at this time.

It's not a person on the same road! Is it really different ways to conspire with each other! Zhao Lei looked at Fan Zhongyan, who refuted, and suddenly thought of what Bai Xinlan said to him at the beginning, and couldn't help but start to evaluate the relationship and friendship between him and Fan Zhongyan anew.

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