Zhao Guangyi was naturally overjoyed when he learned of Liao's attitude towards Xia. Xia Guo's unresponsive reaction made the ministers of the Liao State angry. Although the Liao State did not give the Xia State military assistance, but the Liao State recognized the establishment of the Xia State, which left room for bargaining for the Xia State, if the Xia State can make some concessions in terms of status between the two countries, or military cooperation and economic exchanges, then the Liao State may not be willing to give him military assistance, and whether it is to directly send troops to help, or to make a gesture on the border of Chen Bing, it is enough to involve the Song State's troops and reduce the pressure on Yang Hao.

However, Yang Hao was stunned and did not make any concessions, this news must not make the Liao State Wenwu feel indignantly that this Xia State Emperor did not know how to raise it, even the Empress Dowager Xiao was also angry and laughed: "Does this enemy really think that if he has a relationship with me that is not humane, he can manipulate this palace and let me harm the interests of my country, my people and tribesmen, and help you at all costs?" The Great Liao River and Mountain belong to my son, and anyone who wants to harm it can't even do it, not even you! ”

Xiao Xuan was extremely angry, determined to sit idly by, let Yang Hao suffer a big hardship first, and then talk about it when he was willing to beg for help from Liao, who knew that the Song State would immediately increase 30,000 troops and rush to Hexi. Before the reinforcements arrived, the originally impregnable Hengshan defense line began to loosen, and when Wang Jien, who returned to Beijing to report the military situation, rushed to Hengshan with 30,000 reinforcements, the morale of the two armies was greatly boosted, and he actually took five key passes in a row, and the Hengshan defense line of the Xia army completely collapsed.

Xiao Xuan couldn't help but be surprised when she got the news, she thought that Yang Hao resolutely refused to pay tribute to the Liao State, and he must have relied on it, how could she have thought that he would be defeated so quickly, if Hexi really fell into the hands of the Song State and let the Song State have its own horse breeding land, it would not only pose a greater threat to the Liao State in terms of military strength, but also greatly offset the geographical advantages of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. If Hexi falls into the hands of the Song State, the Song State can go from Hexi to Fengshengzhou and directly kill Zhongjing of the Liao State.

In view of this, Empress Xiao had to change her course, dispelled the idea of making Yang Hao suffer a lot, and immediately ordered Yelu Xiuge to rush to Hexi with 40,000 jīng soldiers from the Sixth Academy, and enrich the strength of Xijing Datong Mansion on the grounds that the Battle of Song and Xia affected the security of the Liao border.

Xiao Xuan instructed Yelu Xiuge to face to face, and instructed him not to directly interfere in the battle of Song and Xia unless he had to, this time he was neither friend nor foe, he only moved according to the battlefield situation, and if the Song army was strong, he would put pressure on the Song army. If the Xia army turns defeat into victory, it is necessary to beat the Xia State, in short, to create a military balance that is stronger than that of the Liao State.

After the news of Liao's sudden increase in troops in Xijing Datong Mansion was transmitted back to Bianliang, Tokyo, Zhao Guangyi was quite worried, if Liao established a military alliance with Xia, he could directly wave his army south, and there was no need to rush to Xijing. If the Liao State wants to take millet from the fire......

Zhao Guangyi couldn't sit still, and issued three holy decrees within three days, ordering Pan Mei and Wang Jien's troops to step up the offensive and expand the results as much as possible before the Liao State garrisoned Xijing Datong, and at the same time ordered Cui Yanjin to lead 20,000 forbidden troops to Yanmen Pass in a hurry, and guarded Yanmen Pass with the local guard Guo Jin, posing a threat to Liaoxi Jing Datong.

When the Song and Liao countries dispatched troops and sent generals to deter each other, Xiazhou was also in full swing to lure the enemy deep and attack its logistics. Preparation for war by combining positional warfare with movement warfare. The eight tribes of the party who received the order began to migrate one after another, fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness to meet the enemy army. The city of Xiazhou strengthened the city defense, collected grain and grass, and at the same time carried out a strategic transfer of a large number of people and things.

Hexi city is less and grassland more, the tribe migration is very rapid, it is very easy to do the strong wall and clear the wilderness, when the cold winter comes, the snow is everywhere, the tribes go, it is the outskirts of the scouts, not the place of farming; The place of war, not the city of cultivation. The Song army of more than 100,000 people came in a mighty way, and if it could not quickly conquer Xiazhou, its logistical pressure would immediately become prominent.

Pan Mei has been in battle for a long time, and he is unaware of the importance of logistics, but now that the Xia army has been defeated, he is withdrawing from Hengshan and fleeing to the Xiazhou area.

What's more, Liao's attitude is ambiguous. The fighter plane is fleeting, and the urging of the official family is not the pressure he can bear, so Pan Mei can only choose to advance quickly and chase the enemy, he originally wanted to leave the superintendent Wang Jien to take care of the logistics, but seeing that the victory is imminent, it is the supreme merit of destroying his country and capturing his king, Wang Jien is willing to stay in the rear, insisting on advancing into the city of Xiazhou with him, Pan Mei is helpless, so he left two steady and experienced henchmen and generals to be responsible for the baggage, so he hurriedly went on the road.

The Xia State provided a large number of horses for the retreating army, so the retreat was very fast, and the Song rank was in quick pursuit, and the two legs could not catch up with the speed of the four legs after all. However, the Xia army retreated in a disorderly manner, it was difficult to form an effective resistance to Pan Mei's attack, chased all the way, and when it approached the periphery of Xiazhou, the Xia army began to organize some decent blocking and sneak attacks, Pan Mei understood the other party's purpose, so he was unmoved, and once he repelled the enemy soldiers, he would not pursue, and only recognized a Xia Zhou.

Xiazhou is the capital of the Xia Kingdom. Its significance is by no means as simple as a city, whether it is the capture of the emperor of Xia State, or the fall of the capital of Xia State, it is not a failure that the Xia State can bear when it has just been established, Yang Hao can't leave Xiazhou, Xia Zhou is difficult to fly, his goal is naturally only one Xiazhou, how can he not understand the truth that the thief captures the king first.

When Pan Mei's army arrived at Tieyewu, it was only when it encountered the real resistance of the Xiazhou army after the fall of Hengshan, which was the gateway to Xiazhou, a strong fortress. After capturing the Iron Metallurgical Affairs, he would be able to reach the city of Xiazhou, and Pan Mei immediately set up a ten-mile company camp outside the Iron Metallurgical Pass, and the various armies took turns to fight, and began to attack this fortress day and night.

At the same time, Pan Mei also ordered the rear to step up the transportation of grain and grass to the front line, and concentrated the craftsmen in the two states of Linfu and the Song army to start manufacturing siege equipment. The Song army was a sudden attack on Linfu, Pan Mei was a rapid march all the way, lightly armed from Bianliang, so he did not prepare heavy ordnance, as soon as he arrived in Linfu he invested in the battle of Hengshan, most of the military craftsmen were responsible for the construction of barracks and fortresses around Hengshan, at this time they were able to free up their hands to make giant siege equipment.

Although there are the most skilled craftsmen and sufficient materials, it will take at least half a month for the first batch of ordnance to be manufactured, and it will take longer to transport it to Xiazhou City, but Xiazhou can't run, first hit Xiazhou City, besiege it, Yang Hao, the short-lived emperor, he can naturally take his time slowly.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※

At this time, the last batch of materials and personnel from Xiazhou to Xingzhou was urgently assembled. In fact, Yang Hao has already intended to set his political center in Xingzhou, Xingzhou is the historical capital of the Western Xia State Xingqing Mansion, the Western Xia State has not yet laid down the Hexi Prefectures, at that time the important political role of Xiazhou is even greater than the current Xiazhou, but Li Yuanhao still withstood the pressure and moved the national capital from Xiazhou to Xingzhou, which is naturally a very important reason.

As Yang Hao said to the civil and military ministers in Yinzhou, the geographical location of Xingzhou is particularly good, Yihelan Mountain is next to the Yellow River, surrounded by either the Tianqian Xiongguan, or the big city of Dafu, and it is next to the grain base with the most output, and it is the center of the entire Hexi region, this place is suitable for the capital of a country, and Xiazhou is too close to the Song Kingdom, once Hengshan is lost. The Song army was too unsafe militarily, and due to the serious desertification near Xiazhou, it was not suitable to be the capital of a country in terms of natural conditions.

However, it is not easy to move the capital, like the Song State, his ruling team is mainly people near Xiazhou, many officials are deeply rooted here, it is not so easy to want them to move, this time Yang Hao borrowed the momentum of the Song army, so that the pressure of moving the capital was minimized, and the preliminary preparations for moving the capital were successfully completed.

Yang Hao not only took advantage of the momentum of the Song army to complete the big problem of moving the capital, but also took advantage of the rapid advance of the Song army to disrupt the plan of the Liao State and smoothly lead out the Liao army.

Yang Hao refused to give in to the Liao State, and gave up the opportunity for the two countries to conclude a solid alliance from the founding of the country due to common political interests, in fact, he had a very deep consideration, and the benefits of this could only be slowly highlighted in the second and third stages of his entire deployment.

Although the Song State and the Liao State and even his subordinates are full of talents, and there is no shortage of long-term politicians and military strategists, no one will be able to see the far-reaching significance of his move, and they will not even see that this is Yang Hao's intention. This is not because Yang Haoxiong is almost unmatched, but because as a descendant, he has a grasp of some major historical events.

Although because of his appearance, the whole history has begun to change, but until now, it has not changed beyond recognition, and there are some historical events, he can still grasp the trend of some historical events, and with this foresight, he made the two major empires of the South and the North as a chess piece on his chessboard. Now that everything is developing according to his expectations, the next thing is to see how he sings the big drama of "Xiazhou Defense".

The right courtyard of Yang's mansion, Yuzhen Temple.

Nu Ying finally glanced around the quiet room where she lived, she was about to go to Xingzhou, Dong'er and Yanyan were the first to hit the road, and they rushed to Xingzhou to deploy arrangements first, and she would leave with the last batch of personnel and materials. The baby in the womb is more than six months old, but it is not very pregnant, and wearing a fat Taoist robe, it is even more unnoticeable, only when she caresses her abdomen, can she feel how vigorous the little life conceived in it is.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and Nu Ying immediately turned back happily, this quiet room, among the people who are still in Xiazhou City, only Lady Niang and Yang Hao can enter without telling her, Lady Niang walks as light as a civet cat, without a sound, who else can there be if this footsteps are not Yang Hao?

Nuying knows how busy Yang Hao is at the moment, she didn't expect him to take the time to send herself, Nuying, who has experienced the pain of losing her country and destroying her family, is no longer the little Zhou Hou who doesn't know the importance and has been living in illusory romance, she now knows how to cherish and know how to be content, Yang Hao's unexpected arrival surprised her.

"Officials ......"

Looking back, it was Yang Hao, and Nuying threw herself into his arms and called affectionately.

Yang Hao gently hugged her, sat down side by side on the couch, and said softly: "You will be on the road in a while, so I will come and see you." Iron smelting over there can't support it for long, and it's too late if you don't leave, when Jia'er was born, I, the father, couldn't be by his side, I hope that when you give birth, I can rush back to your side. ”

"Well," Nuying nodded meekly, snuggled into his arms, raised her head to look at him, and said, "Official, people...... People are still monks, after the child is born, how to arrange an identity? The official has been too busy since he came back, and the concubine is ...... I didn't dare to bother you with this, but ...... But in a few months he was born, and people really didn't know what to do. ”

"This thing......"

Yang Hao groaned, and suddenly, he remembered something, couldn't help patting his thigh, and said, "By the way, you can pass it on to my eldest brother......"

"Huh?"

"If this child is a boy, how about passing it on to the eldest brother?"

Nuying slowly lowered her head and said inaudibly: "Oh......"

Yang Hao noticed that something was wrong, and held her fragrant shoulder in surprise, and said: "Passing it on to the eldest brother, it is still our child, why are you ...... If you don't want to, forget it. ”

Nuying said in a low voice: "How the officials arrange, how the concubine does it." ”

Yang Hao frowned and said, "Raise your head." ”

Nuying struggled for a moment and refused to look up, Yang Hao grabbed her shoulders and forced her to raise her head, only to see that there were already two lines of crystal tears on her face. As soon as she saw Yang Hao looking at her, Nuying turned her head and gently wiped her tears. Poor to see, Nuying is now almost made of water.

The queen of a country who was once high, the best lover who was hosing and stepping incense, carrying golden shoes, passionate, romantic, lively and gentle, since following him, never disobeyed any of his decisions, did not ask for anything, did not fight for anything, and became a little pitiful quickly, even if she objected, she would only express it with her tears, which was really pitiful and loving.

Yang Hao was angry and funny: "You are reluctant, just say a word and it's over, I just got up on the spur of the moment, as for ......, forget it, when I didn't say it." ”

Nuying said softly: "People...... People are just reluctant, it's always the meat that falls from their own bodies, it's not that they want to go against the wishes of the official, if the official wants to pass him on to the eldest brother......"

"Come on, I thought, it's not going to be a formality, the child is not still our child, the same pain is for him, hey, I'm a father, it's better than you as a mother, forget it, it's the official's fault, I won't mention it in the future, huh?"

Nuying burst into laughter and nodded slightly, looking tame and obedient.

Yang Hao sighed lightly, hooked her chin, and said with a smile: "Look at your angry little daughter-in-law, you are full of pride for your husband, and it will disappear when you see it." ”

Nuying was shy, and seeing that she was a little unwilling, Yang Hao immediately rejected the original plan, grateful, and when she saw Yang Hao's kiss, she spit out her tongue and had a wet kiss with him. Since she was pregnant, Yang Hao has never been intimate with this peerless enchanting woman, at this time the beauty took the initiative to kiss, Yang Hao couldn't help but feel a flutter, the slippery and soft tongue gently probed, before it could be retracted, it was sucked by Yang Hao, and a pair of big hands also climbed up her cracked jade pear twin peaks, and there was a feeling of plump and soft smoothness.

"Hmmm......"

Nu Ying groaned in embarrassment, the two red beans on her chest quickly stiffened and bulged under Yang Hao's ravage, the pregnant woman ** was stronger than usual, not to mention that she had never been intimate with Yang Hao for so long, she couldn't help but tighten Yang Hao's neck harder, delicate and thin, like a vine entangled in a tree, closed her eyes and let him keep it, and two peach blossoms quietly bloomed on her cheeks.

Yang Hao's hand slid under her clothes, and put the pair of trembling and tall and warm ** into the clutches of the devil, the fingers fell, greasy and plump, and the full twin peaks were not the kind of young girl's green and solid, fingertip palms, but everywhere touched was a soft and smooth wonderful touch, Yang Hao had fun, and Nuying's body gradually warmed up.

"Official...... The official ...... "Nuying's body was soft, and she fell softly on the couch with her hands around Yang Hao's neck, looking like she was giving and begging, Yang Hao then leaned over, but supported the couch with his hands, kissed her fiercely, collected her clothes for her, and said with a wry smile: "You are pregnant with a child, can't you have fetal gas, wait for later...... The officials will bully and bully you again. ”

Nuying opened her eyes, her eyes moist like water: "Concubine...... It's nothing, but ...... What should the officials do now? ”

"Me? What do I have to do? ”

As soon as the female Yingyu stretched out her hand, she leaned under Yang Hao's clothes, grasped the strong jade pestle, and raised her eyes to Yang Hao. The sensitive tip was touched by her slippery and slightly cool palm, Yang Hao's body trembled, Nuying smiled, and said in a nickname: "It's already ready to fly, before leaving, let the concubine serve her husband once." ”

Yang Hao shook his head and said, "How can you be, you are pregnant......

"Why not?" Nuying swept the hair on the sideburns shyly, and after saying a word, she suddenly reached out and lifted it, and a pretty face probed under his robe, and she sucked the fat and strong big meat mushroom with a mouth. Yang Hao only felt that a strong suction force in the hot, wet, compact and silky almost sucked his soul away, and he couldn't help but gasp, grabbed the sheets on the couch, and slowly poured down......

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※

At the moment of Yang Hao's death, the palace of Donghuamen in Bianliang City was burning the sky.

The palace guards and forbidden troops, the eunuchs and eunuchs, and even the fire shop in the palace, people from all walks of life come and go, and the water dragon cart is just that, and some of the little eunuchs are still holding basins and water bottles, and they don't know what this cup of water cart can do.

The palace caught fire, not a fire, but arson, and the person who set the fire was actually the crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo.

Zhao Yuanzuo has always suspected that the death of the first emperor is related to his father, he has received filial piety and loyalty education since he was a child, he can't accept the fact that his relatives are such a vicious and ruthless person, and then Zhao Dechong died unexpectedly in front of the two armies, Zhao Yuanzuo's suspicion of his father is even heavier, and this account was calculated by him to his father without exception.

The relationship between the father and son became very tense, even when it was a major state event and the emperor and the crown prince needed to attend together, he did not hesitate to say anything to his father, and the discord between the father and son of the official family had long been an open secret in Bianliang, Tokyo. However, although he was very cold to his father, he had only studied and studied in the womb in seclusion for the past two years, and he rarely had any conflicts with his father.

Who knows that in the past two days, I don't know which one is too talkative, but he actually told him that Zhao Guangmei, the king of Qi, was dismissed from the post of Kaifeng Mansion and assigned to Chang'an City, and he also met assassins on the way, and Zhao Yuanzuo blew up when he heard it. He is simple and paranoid, and his father is second only to his uncle Zhao Kuangyin, who is a great talent, and this impression is not a year or two, but when he grew up, he found that his father was actually a big and evil person.

Now, if someone wants to harm his uncle, who in the world wants to harm him? Who is necessary to harm him? The uncle was harmed by his father, and the cousin was harmed by his father, so what is so strange about him attacking his uncle? Daddy has become an emperor, and he has to constantly mutilate his relatives, does he really want to be a ruthless and unrighteous loner? Thinking of those faint monarchs and heroes in history who killed their brothers and nephews as soon as they ascended to the throne, Zhao Yuanzuo was sad and angry.

He was originally a very cheerful young man, in the past few years because of the heavy heart, the mood has been extremely depressed, to this moment, several years of accumulated resentment in the heart finally completely exploded, Zhao Guangyi and his confidant ministers excitedly analyzed the situation in Hexi, the crown prince broke in, the father and son clashed fiercely, the thunderous Zhao Guangyi ordered someone to tie his son back to the palace.

Zhao Yuanzuo's emotions that had been suppressed and distorted for several years broke out, like madness, and after returning to the palace, he cried and laughed for a while, and his mind was a little angry, and finally he actually set fire to the temple, shouting that he wanted to burn himself and this palace, and to burn all the filth and filth clean.

Finally rescued in time, in addition to the main hall burned, several side halls are still intact, seeing the ruins and broken walls, green smoke curling, and the bastard son who was controlled and still crying and laughing, Zhao Guangyi was so angry that he trembled, and he turned around and left with a blue face.

After returning to the Wende Palace, Zhao Guangyi was still angry, grabbed the teacup and trembled to his lips, and smashed it to the ground without drinking it: "Son! Son! ”

"The official family is angry, the prince is a lover person, but he is young, and he is not too much, in the future, he will understand the hard work of the official family."

Cheng Yu, Song Qi, Jia Yan and others trembled and persuaded each other, and Zhao Guangyi patted the dragon book case and roared: "Young and ignorant? Is he still young and ignorant? It's past the year of the crown, and I don't know the severity, I am disobedient and unfilial, I am so angry, I am really angry, I regret not being at the beginning, I should not have set up a prince rashly, how can this son inherit the great treasure and reign in the world! ”

Cheng Yu, Song Qi and the others suddenly changed their faces when they heard this, and they didn't dare to speak.

Although they are the emperor's closest confidants, they can't pick up any topic, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, how can they be abolished? is really a abolished prince, how to explain to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and to the people of the world? What is the reason? If we can't come up with a reason that convinces the whole world, it will definitely not work.

Besides, even if this prince should be abolished, it is also the emperor's own son, if one of his courtiers speaks in favor, when the emperor is angry, how can he be unwary of you when he thinks of one of your courtiers who has mixed up with him to establish a prince? How? You agree to abolish the crown prince, why do you agree? Could it be that you have a private friendship with which prince? Besides, if one day the emperor changes his mind and re-establishes the abolished prince, wouldn't it be awkward for himself.

If you speak out against it, it's better, you must know that the prince is established, that is, the prince of the country, is orthodox, you express your support, it means that you are loyal to the court, even if one day the prince really changes, the new prince as long as he is sensible, not too muddy, he does not have much hostility towards you, because your performance is to understand proportions and abide by the rules, you can oppose the emperor and also support the prince to protect orthodoxy, then I am now the prince, you can naturally be loyal to me wholeheartedly.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Zhao Guangyi revealed the idea of abolishing the reserve under anger, and none of the confidants and ministers spoke out to agree.

Zhao Guangyi didn't just talk verbally, he had been fighting with his son for several years, and the anger in his heart was getting deeper and deeper, and at this moment he really had the idea of abolishing the prince, he took a few breaths, sat down behind the imperial case, glanced at a few confidant ministers, and said in a deep voice: "Why don't you speak?" Yuan Zuo is crazy and absurd, without a father and a king, is he still like a prince? The kings of the country, the society is fundamental, how can you be careless, I have the heart to abolish the prince, what do you think? ”

The emperor asked about the head, and he couldn't prevaricate, Cheng Yu took a step forward, and said thoughtfully: "The official family, Yuan Zuo is the eldest son of the official family, the royal family is orthodox, and the character is upright, there is no big mistake, you can't say anything lightly to abolish the establishment of a chaotic society, and the minister is dead: I hope that the official family will take back his life." ”

Jia Yan also said: "The cornerstone of the prince's kingdom, the matter of continuing the unification, is related to the world, and the officials should think twice." ”

Zhao Guangyi glanced at Song Qi coldly, and Song Qi said: "The official family, the abolition of the crown prince is related to the temple and society, although it is a family affair of His Majesty, it is actually a major national matter, and it cannot be changed lightly, and it is better to think about it in the long run." Since ancient times, Yuan Zuo has been in the East Palace, known all over the world, and has never made a big mistake, and the hearts of the people are attached. Now that the prince and His Majesty are in conflict, they will be replaced, which may not be conducive to long-term peace and stability. Didn't the official family see the disaster of Emperor Wen of Sui abolishing the crown prince? ”

Cheng Yu saw that the two colleagues agreed with his opinion, he became a little bolder, and hurriedly said: "According to the minister's foolish opinion, the position of the prince must not be taken lightly, but the prince can be confined and thought about it behind closed doors. ”

Zhao Guangyi was still angry, and sneered: "Have you thought about it behind closed doors? I have endured it again and again, and I have been making him think about it behind closed doors for the past few years, but he has ever repented a little, but he has intensified his changes against me, and I can't bear it anymore. ”

Jia Yan said: "The dispute between the prince and the official family is really not suitable for outsiders, if the prince is abolished, what crime will be made public to the world?" Moreover, the official family ascended the throne, which was originally a brother and a brother, and now among the princes, in addition to the prince, Defang is the elder, if the official family abolishes the prince, who should be appointed as the prince at that time? ”

Zhao Guangyi's body was shocked, and his anger immediately subsided a little: "Defang, ......, Defang ......"

He muttered a repeat, his eyes flashing with a hint of coldness......

Outside the Donghua Gate, a young and handsome monk stood in the crowd of people, looking up at the billowing smoke rising from the palace, and then looked at the heavily guarded palace gate in front of him, smiled coldly, turned around and walked towards the Great Xiangguo Temple......