"Hey, you're pretty well informed!" Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard Ma Derang's words, and then smiled at him and said, Although the news of Li Liangzuo's arrest has been spread, because Li Liangzuo is in the hands of Yelu Chongyuan, although the two sides have always declared an alliance, no one knows when Li Liangzuo will be sent?

"This matter has already spread all over Xingqing Mansion, we heard about it as soon as we entered the city, but no one knows the specific news, we killed the Western Xia, but if Li Liangzuo makes a comeback, then won't our brothers die in vain?" When Madejang said the end, his face also showed a little sadness.

"Don't worry, our soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty will not die in vain, Li Liangzuo will indeed be escorted to Xingqing Mansion in the next two days, during this time, the eldest brother will not find time to see you, in fact, it is precisely because he wants to meet the envoy sent by Yelu Chongyuan, and then negotiate the conditions with the other party, now that the conditions have been negotiated, we can conclude an alliance immediately, and then Li Liangzuo will become our prisoner." Zhao Yan stepped forward and patted Ma Derang's shoulder and said, in this battle to destroy the summer, although Ma De's position was not very high, it was the desperate struggle of these people on the front line that brought about today's victory.

"I see, no wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have time to see us!" Hearing that Zhao Ji had forgotten about me Yelu Chongyuan for this period of time, Ma Derang couldn't help but show a suddenly realized expression and said, compared to these people, naturally Li Liangzuo is more important, as long as Li Liangzuo is caught, then there is no hope of turning over in the entire Western Xia. They only need to concentrate on guarding against the Liao State, which is great news for all the Song troops who entered Western Xia.

"Hehe, for the matter of Li Liangzuo being escorted to Xingqing Mansion. Because I was worried that some Xixia remnants would make trouble, my eldest brother and I decided to block the news, and Ma De let you know for yourself, it's best not to spread it around! Zhao Yan told again at this time that Western Xia had been accused by the Great Song Dynasty on the surface, but Li Liangzuo's family had been operating in this part of Western Xia for hundreds of years, and the party members were relatively united. Therefore, there are still many people secretly moving, preparing to drive the Great Song out of Western Xia. However, in Zhao Yan's opinion, these people are just clowns who jump off the beam, as long as Li Liangzuo is in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, they will not be able to become any climate.

"The students understand that this matter will never be spread out!" Ma Derang also stood up straight at this time, and said with a stern face. He also knew that there was an undercurrent surging within the Western Xia, and even during this time he personally suppressed several rebellions of the Western Xia people, so he also knew the importance of Li Liangzuo better than anyone else.

"Governor, what are you talking to Old Man Ma about?" At this moment, Hu Yanqing suddenly came to Zhao Yan with ordinary fruits and asked, he used to be a round little fat man, but now he is tall and strong, and the amount of food is even bigger than before, of course, there is no way to compare with Zhou Tong. But even so, he still ate two roast ducks and a leg of lamb just now, if he encountered a war. His meals will increase even more.

"Haha, what else can we talk about, it is naturally the reward of Old Man Ma and their people, speaking of which, Old Man Ma is much better than you, a troublemaker, this time he has made a lot of contributions, and the position of a commander will definitely not be able to run away. Even if you make some more contributions, it is possible to be directly promoted to Yuhou. Zhao Yan said with a smile. Regarding Li Liangzuo's matter, the fewer people who know, the better, so he didn't sue Yanqing.

At the mention of credit, Hu Yanqing's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he immediately leaned to Zhao Yan's side and said with a smile: "Governor, the battle on the Western Xia side has been fought, and our Great Song Dynasty only has the Liao State as a strong enemy, I don't know what the imperial court has for the Liao State?" ”

Hu Yanqing was depressed for a while because of the casualties of his brothers some time ago, but he quickly recovered, and their ancestors of Hu Yanqing have always taken the recovery of the land of Yanyun as their responsibility, and even this has become their family motto, so after destroying the Liao State, Hu Yanqing immediately set his sights on the Liao State in the north, especially this time the Liao State also took advantage of the fire to rob and rob the Vulture Children's City that should have belonged to the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yan and Hu Yanping are good friends, so they naturally know the family motto of the Huyan family, and now when he sees Hu Yanqing's appearance, he immediately guessed what he thought in his heart, but he smiled bitterly at this and said: "Brother Qing'er, don't fight the idea of Liao, in a short period of time, it is impossible for our Great Song Dynasty to make a move against Liao, so you have to train and prepare well in the past few years, and when you have an opportunity in the future, you will definitely not let the people of your Huyan family miss the opportunity to recover Yanyun." ”

Regarding the problem of Liao, Zhao Yan also discussed with Zhao Ji, and the other party sued him that for this war to destroy Xia, the Great Song Dynasty has already poured the strength of the whole country, and the treasury is also a huge consumption, don't look at the majesty they fought in Western Xia, but in fact, they are already strong in the middle, and the current Great Song Dynasty can no longer support a decent war, so in recent years, the most important thing for the Great Song Dynasty is to recuperate, and by the way, digest the territory of Western Xia.

Hu Yanqing is the wisest person in the Huyan family, and he has long expected the above situation, so he was not surprised to hear Zhao Yan's words, only to see him smile again: "Captain, since you want to train the army, do you see if you can transfer me to the Hebei Army?" ”

"Do you want to go to the Hebei Army?" Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning in surprise when he heard this, and Ma Derang next to him also exclaimed, "Brother Qing'er, you are stupid, you don't stay in the Western Army, why do you want to go to the Hebei Army?" ”

The reason why Zhao Yan and Ma Derang were so surprised was that it was from the military structure of the Great Song Dynasty, the main combat army of the Great Song Dynasty was the forbidden army, of which the forbidden army was divided into the Beijing Forbidden Army, the Hebei Army and the Western Army according to the different places where they were stationed. The Beijing Forbidden Army was originally the most elite army of the Great Song Dynasty, but because of the long period of peace, it has not fought for hundreds of years, and as a result, the combat effectiveness has declined greatly, but the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia has continued, so that the combat power of the Western Army has been retained, and it has become the strongest army in the forbidden army.

Compared with the Beijing Forbidden Army and the Western Army, the Hebei Army is more special, when the Great Song Dynasty was first established, there were constant wars between the Liao State, so the strength of the Hebei Army was also very strong, when Yang Wenguang's father Yang Liulang guarded Hebei, the Hebei Army under his command was stronger than the Western Army, but with the alliance between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State, the two countries generally maintained peace, which was naturally a good thing for the people on the border of the two countries, but there was no war, the combat power of the Hebei Army was declining very quickly, The current Hebei Army, not to mention compared with the regular Western Army, may not even be able to compare with the militia groups in the northwest.

It is precisely because of the decline of the Hebei Army that Zhao Yan and Ma Derang were so surprised when they heard that Hu Yanbed wanted to go to the Hebei Army, after all, the Western Army was a strong army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the generals were more handy in command, but if they went to the Hebei Army, God knows what the Hebei Army would look like, maybe they would not dare to fight with the Liao Army at all, if so, then what will Hu Yanqing do in the future?

"Governor, strong soldiers and weak soldiers are not fixed, when the Great Song Dynasty was first established, the Hebei Army was also a strong army, and then it slowly weakened, but Hebei is close to the land of Yanyun, if it is used against the Liao State in the future, it must be the main direction of our Great Song Dynasty, so I want to take advantage of the past few years to train a strong army!" Hu Yanqing said confidently at this time.

In fact, he had this idea for a long time, because when he came into the army, he found that although his soldiers were very good, they were always a little not very easy to use, and it was a little strange at first, but then he slowly figured it out, the reason is that these soldiers were not trained by themselves, so he felt this way, and since then he wanted to personally train an army, and it happened that the Hebei army lacked generals, and it was close to Yanyun, so Hu Yanqing had already put his mind on the Hebei army.

Zhao Yan was also surprised when he heard Hu Yanqing's thoughts, because he didn't expect this, although the combat power of the Western Army is strong, but it has to defend the northwest land, I am afraid that there will not be many troops to attack the Liao State in the future, and in addition, for the stability of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not a good thing for one family to be dominant, so rebuilding a strong Hebei Army is also beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan couldn't help but step forward and patted Hu Yanqing on the shoulder and said: "Brother Qing is worthy of being one of the best cadets in our military academy, if you want to go to the Hebei Army, I will try my best to help you find a way, it is estimated that the problem is not big, and after the military academy students graduate in the past two years, I will try my best to arrange for them to enter the Hebei Army, with their help, it should be able to make it easier for you." ”

"Thank you, Governor!" Hearing Zhao Yan's promise, Hu Yanqing couldn't help but be very excited, although Zhao Yan did not have the power to mobilize the generals, but Zhao Yan's influence as the king of the county was extraordinary, and it was not difficult to transfer his small commander to the Hebei army.

The banquet held by Zhao Yan lasted from the afternoon to the evening, anyway, Hu Yanqing and their students had already asked for leave when they came, so they all let go of their stomachs to eat and drink, and the dozens of jars of good wine prepared by Zhao Yan were all drunk by them, and the last one was poured into the hall, snoring one after another, only Zhao Yan could still stay awake, and let Hu Yanqing and these people all be carried down and arranged to rest in the guest room, so as not to sleep on the ground and catch a cold.

Two days later, that is, on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, in the morning, Zhao Yan accompanied Zhao Wei to meet with Ma Derang, a group of meritorious people, and then personally announced their rewards, most of them were promoted and rich, among which Ma Derang was really promoted to commander envoy, becoming the second person in the first batch of students to become a commander envoy, only after Hu Yanqing. At the same time, on the afternoon of this day, the envoys of Zhao Ji and Yelu Chongyuan finally finalized the covenant, which also marked the official alliance between the two sides, in order to show their sincerity, Yelu Chongyuan also sent Li Liangzuo and his wife to Xingqing Mansion City as soon as possible, and Zhao Yan could finally meet the Western Xia Emperor. (To be continued)

ps: My daughter's fever has finally subsided, I hope it won't happen again. R580