In the blink of an eye, in February of the 11th year of the rejuvenation of the country, Bianjing has entered the spring, and the people in the city have gone out of the city to enjoy this beautiful time. However, as the king of a country, Zhao Ta did not have this leisure, he issued an edict ordering the whole country to do a good job in spring ploughing, and sent personnel to Gyeonggi 4th Road, Yanjing, Xijing 2nd Road and other places to promote the large-scale planting of corn, sweet potatoes and peanuts, and began to choose land in the northwest to try planting, accumulate experience, and cultivate improved seeds.

At this time, there was a high-ranking performance saying that the Western Expeditionary Army had completed its training and asked for an order. On New Year's Day this year, not only did he not send Chinese New Year envoys to Bianjing to pay tribute as in previous years, but also imposed heavy taxes on the caravans of various countries that passed through his border to the Great Song Dynasty, and blocked the passage of the Great Song caravans, falsely claiming that he controlled the westward passage of the Great Song Dynasty and controlled the economic lifeline of the Great Song Dynasty, and completely closed the trade routes without agreeing to its conditions.

Zhao Ta was very amused by Gao Chang's wild words, and now with the opening of the Great Song Sea Road, merchant ships can reach the Persian Gulf directly, opening the 'Maritime Silk Road'. Moreover, compared with the land route, the sea route has the advantage of large transportation volume and low risk, and the trade volume of the northwest land route has been shrinking day by day. And their refusal to pay tribute also meant that they closed the door to reconciliation with the Great Song Dynasty, making Zhao Ta make up his mind to destroy his country.

According to the plan, the Song army was divided into two routes, but when discussing with the Western Xia to borrow the road to Liangzhou, the lord Li Qianshun said that the Western Xia was willing to undertake the task of attacking the southern road alone. Zhao Ta listened and understood very well, although the two countries are relatives now, tens of thousands of troops passed by his home, in case he didn't have good intentions to make a false way to attack him, wouldn't he lose his wife and lose his soldiers; Then there is the Western Xia sent troops to assist the Great Song Dynasty several times, and Zhao Ta did not treat them badly any time. A lot of benefits were given, so they were also willing to send troops to help in the war.

Several messengers came and went. The two countries agreed: Western Xia sent 20,000 troops to the west from Liangzhou. From Guazhou and Shazhou to attack Gaochang State, seize Yizhou, and then the two armies combined forces to attack Gaochang City, and then went south to capture Yanqi and Qiuci. After the destruction of its country, the area south of the Sihun River was assigned to the Western Xia. This area is vast, equivalent to half the area of Western Xia, and has increased the depth of defense, although it is mostly Gobi, but there are countless oases along the river, which can be used for planting and grazing. Western Xia had coveted this for a long time. For this reason, the two countries have also fought countless battles, but they have not been able to get their hands on it, and now they have easily succeeded, and Li Qianshun has repeatedly praised his son-in-law for his generosity.

Since the southern route was completed by Western Xia, the Song army sent troops all the way, saving a lot of trouble, and the number of troops used was reduced. The expeditionary force took the three brigades of the Desert Army as the main force, and was incorporated into two dragoon brigades of Chang'an Zhenfu Division and two infantry brigades of Datong Zhenfu Division. An artillery brigade and a cavalry hunting brigade were strengthened, and a total of nine brigades of the Forbidden Army were dispatched. 30,000 archers from the Mengwu, Wanggu, Khitan and Dangxiang tribes were recruited to fight together.

Because this expedition is far away from the mainland and has to travel thousands of miles through the Gobi, logistics and supply are difficult. Therefore, two more baggage brigades and the 3,000 state armies of Hedong and Dading were organized into a support detachment, which was responsible for collecting and transporting grain, grass and baggage, but did not recruit a single civilian man.

To fight a war is to burn money. In order to ensure the needs of this expedition, Zhao Ta levied 500,000 stone of grain in the summer and autumn on Datong Road, Hedong Road and Shaanxi Road. In addition, the salt tax of 5 million yuan collected by the salt ponds in Yanzhou was handed over to the Western Expeditionary Corps for military needs, which can be said to have made enough money. The ambition is to pack up a chicken to subdue the heroes of the desert, to build momentum for the collection of Mobei, and to warn the forces of the Western Regions not to be enemies of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the northwest is still icy and snowy in February, with the arrival of warm air after April, there are many strong winds, which are prone to sandstorms, which will be devastating for people walking in the desert, so the western expeditionary army must cross the desert before the arrival of strong winds. Zhao Ta ordered the appointment of the forbidden army Duyu Marquis Gao Chong as the marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army, and Zhao Li of Hedong Zhenfu made Zhao Li to supervise the army to conquer Gaochang......

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Sent away the Western Expeditionary Army, Zhao Ta, who was busy with spring ploughing, was not idle for two days, he suddenly received a report from Pingzhou Mansion that Jin sent an envoy to ask for peace talks with the Great Song Dynasty, because the two countries are still in a state of war, so Pingzhou Mansion did not dare to let him enter Beijing without authorization, so he could only stay in Pingzhou and ask the emperor to dispose of it.

This sudden incident made Zhao Ta a little strange, since the two countries exchanged Yan Xiyin because Jin did not send Zhao Huan back as agreed because of the dishonesty of the Jin State, it returned to a hostile state, and although the war in Goryeo has entered the stage of a small fight, the war between the two sides has not stopped, and the Jin State has asked for peace, which can't help but make people feel worried.

"Your Majesty, the Jurchens have no faith in their words, and it is no longer credible to break the contract many times, so it is enough to expel them!" Xu Jingheng, the left minister, said that not counting the several peace talks between Song and Jin before Jingkang, even after the rejuvenation of the country, they had already talked three times, but the Jurchens said it again and again, and the peace talks were also the end of the tiger.

"Xu Xiang's words are reasonable, now that our army has defeated the Jin army in Goryeo, the army is in full swing, the Jurchens are trying to play a trick to delay the army, Your Majesty doesn't have to pay attention to it!" Zhao Ren also chimed in, as Wushu expected, he didn't want to talk to them at all.

"I'm a little puzzled, Wushu has always been eyeing me and advocating the use of troops, but now he is asking us for peace, don't you think it's strange?" Zhao Ta looked at the people in the hall and asked.

"Your Majesty, is it the meaning of the Golden Chieftain?" Chen Gongbo guessed.

"No, after the death of Wanyan Xiyin, Wushu will control the government and monopolize power, if Wanyan wants to make peace, he can't bypass it, it should be Wushu's proposition!" Li Gang shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, the king of Zhongshan asks to see!" Just when everyone was speculating about Jin Guo's intention to negotiate peace, Wangfu entered the hall and said.

"I'm on the matter, I'll summon you later!" Zhao Ta frowned and said, after returning to China, his eldest nephew may also realize that his identity is special, and he has always lived in a shallow way, except for the Great Dynasty Hui, he has never taken the initiative to ask to see himself, and today's sudden request to see him made him very abrupt.

"Your Majesty, save my father...... Wangfu came out of the palace not long after, Zhao Harmoni's cry came from outside the hall, attracting everyone to look outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the king of Zhongshan refused to leave, saying that if he didn't see him, he would kneel outside the palace." Wangfu hurriedly entered the temple again and reported.

"Bring him in!" This prince's crying hall itself is a big event, and the content of crying is extremely sensitive, Zhao Ta sighed and said.

"Your Majesty, my father has been traveling north for more than ten years, and I want to return every day, please ask Your Majesty to save my father and the king, and the father and son are willing to abandon the lord and die in the countryside, and never step into the capital in their lifetime!" As soon as Zhao Hui entered the hall, he knelt down on the hall and cried.

"Harmonic get up, why is that? Brother Wang suffered far away in the Northeast, and I have never forgotten it! Zhao Ta heard this, and hurriedly asked the chamberlain to pick him up and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister received a handwritten letter from his father a few days ago, thinking of his brocade clothes and food, but his father was starving in that bitter cold place and couldn't control himself, so he entered the palace without authorization, and asked His Majesty to surrender his sin!" Zhao Hui wiped his tears with his sleeve and said with sobbing.

"Oh, you received a handwritten letter from Brother Wang?! Can you give me a look! Zhao Ta said in amazement, not to mention that the Jingshi was thousands of miles away from Zhao Huan's place of imprisonment, and the fact that he could send a letter under the strict supervision of Jin Bing was too weird, and he had to check it.

Don't say it, there really is, and Zhao Hui just took it with him, he took out the letter from his sleeve and held it with both hands, Zhao Ta unfolded it and saw that the handwriting was indeed Zhao Huan's, and he also drew the imperial charge he used when he was the emperor. But look at the content again Zhao Ta is happy, where is this letter written by the eldest brother to his son, it is clearly written by his mother to himself, the tone is extremely humble, telling his feelings of homesickness, hoping that the emperor can pull his brother to get him back from the Jin country.

"Let's take a look!" Zhao Ta sighed and handed over Zhao Huan's letter to the officials in the palace, he had already guessed the reason for Zhao Huan's submission in his heart at this time, and Zhao Huan's letter was actually written under the instructions of the Jurchens.

Although Zhao Tan was not able to rescue Zhao Huan, but he knew the situation very well, after Yan Yan ascended the throne in order to realize his ambitions, he started the peace talks with the Song Dynasty, and the attitude of the high-level Jin State towards the original captured members of the Northern Song Dynasty royal family was significantly better, Zhao Huan was also named the king of Tianshui County, and the treatment of life and material aspects has been greatly improved than before, not only does not have to be cultivated in person, but also has a moon stipend, in addition to the captured Song Dynasty subjects who originally served him, he also specially sent two servants to serve, although it is thousands of miles worse than when he was the emperor, but he was also a hundred times stronger when he first arrived in the Jin Kingdom, and he was never as miserable as he was in the letter.

Moreover, the timing of the appearance of this letter was too coincidental, but at the juncture of the envoy sent by the Jin State to sue for peace, it could not help but make people suspect that the Jurchens had ulterior motives. Zhao Ta therefore concluded that Wushu had expected that the Great Song Dynasty would refuse to negotiate peace, and even turned away his envoy from the door, not giving him a chance at all. So he asked Zhao Huan to write a letter to his family and quietly sent it to Zhao Huan, using it as bait to stage today's 'forcing the palace' drama to force himself to comply. And this trick can also be said to be poking at the heart of the Great Song Junchen!

"Your Majesty, the King of Liao has been traveling north for more than ten years, but he has not been able to welcome back, this is the pain of my Great Song Dynasty!" Sure enough, Li Gang, the prime minister of the first dynasty, first 'made a difficulty' and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the Jin Kingdom is asking for peace with my Great Song Dynasty, why not push the boat down the river and take the opportunity to welcome back the King of Liao!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, since the Jin State intends to seek peace, the minister thinks he can take the opportunity to give it a try!" Xu Jingheng also played.

"Your Majesty, the ministers seconded it!" All the rulers in the palace said in unison.

"Quasi-playing, with the right minister Chen Gongbo as the chief envoy, and the Ministry of Rites Lang Zhang as the deputy envoy to preside over this matter, we must welcome back the King of Liao, to comfort my heart, and to the wishes of the people of the whole world!" Zhao Ta immediately issued an edict, if you are in your heart, you will all be loyal and righteous, if Lao Tzu should not, wouldn't it be a smashing of the brand of benevolence and filial piety, in this case, let's be a good person together...... (To be continued......)