The lineup of the Song army covered the sky with black and red uniforms, white Fan Yang Lia and black iron helmets, paving the road to the east of Jingcheng.

Taihang Mountain is the junction of Shanxi and Hebei, Taihang Mountain has eight place names with Cheng, all of them are Guancheng, especially dangerous.

From Taiyuan Mansion to Zhending Mansion, the best place to go is Jingcheng.

From Hebei, take the route of today's Beijing-Guangzhou railway, and you can go straight to Youzhou City.

In Zhending Mansion, Zhao Guangyi visited the thousand-year-old temple Longxing Temple, which was built when Zhao Kuangyin was stationed in Zhending Mansion in the second year of Kaibao.

"Old monk," Zhao Guangyi asked, looking at the abbot, "why do I think you are a little familiar?" ”

The old monk looked to be eighty years old.

"Your Majesty," the old monk said, "The poor monk used to be the presiding officer of the Great Xiangguo Temple. ”

This monk is none other than Master Yuantong, the former presiding officer of the Great Xiangguo Temple.

When Zhao Kuangyin's army passed through the Zhending Mansion, he heard that the Great Compassion Temple was burned down by Chai Rong when the Buddha was destroyed, so he had the idea of protecting the Dharma, so he decided to rebuild the Great Compassion Bodhisattva and allocated a sum of money.

This kind of temple building, all need the presiding over of the great monks, Master Yuantong also volunteered, felt that he had enough to stay in the Great Xiangguo Temple, so he hurried to Longxing Temple, this treatment is more than ten years.

The old monk Yuantong is the descendant of the Shingon Sect, and he has always had contacts with the mountain character hall, according to the age of the mountain ghost witch, he has to call Tian Kokou a girl, but everyone is not a portal, so he still has a relationship with Xu Yongzhi's friend.

The old monk knew several women in the Shanzitang, and felt that they were beautiful, so he once asked Xu Yongzhi for a portrait, and Xu Yongzhi gave the portrait painted by Li Yu to Xiaogui to the monk, and the monk was overjoyed, and felt that this girl had a male appearance among the women, so he used Xiaogui's portrait to sculpt the statue of Guanyin in the temple.

Zhao Guangyi walked to Zhending, rested in the temple built by the emperor, the old monk accompanied him to pay homage to the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion with a thousand hands and thousands of eyes, Zhao Guangyi was amazed, and poured incense in front of the king of the north - this is the king of Bishamen, the king of growth, in charge of war and wealth.

"Monk, this king of the north, why is he still worshipped as the god of wealth in charge of war?" Zhao Guangyi asked.

"Your Majesty, because war has always been for wealth, and the best way to obtain wealth is war." Monk Yuantong said.

"Not necessarily," Zhao Guangyi's eyes widened, "I'm not. ”

"Your Majesty, you are the son of the Holy Heaven, and you are naturally different." Monk Yuantong said.

Zhao Guangyi thought to himself, this thief bald is also a layman, and he wants to praise me as soon as I stare at him, so boring.

"But that's not how the Sixth Army thinks," Yuantong said, "The road to the battlefield is the road to fame, and everyone will face this problem." ”

Zhao Guangyi was poked all of a sudden, he was distressed because he signed the rewards of the soldiers, and he was angry when Yuantong said this.

He walked all the way back to the front, just as he looked up and saw Xiaogui staring at him.

I broke out in a cold sweat.

This look is too familiar.

"This is ......," Zhao Guangyi was furious.

"This is Guanyin sitting upside down." The great monk of Yuantong looked calm.

"Why is it called Guanyin?" Zhao Guangyi asked.

"Turning the back to the south and facing the north, it means that the sea of bitterness is endless, and people turn back." YTO said.

"Monk, don't interfere in politics." Zhao Guangyi felt that he was a lobbyist for the generals.

"Your Majesty, what the poor monk said is the Buddhist's insight into the world." YTO said.

"This Guanyin statue looks a lot like a woman I know." Zhao Guangyi was probing Yuantong's tone, he was worried that Yuantong was Xu Yongzhi's person, and he would hurt him again.

"Your Majesty Shengming, if the good woman beside Your Majesty can grow into such a face, the blessing will be great." Yuantong said generously.

You see, compliment your friend, what can you say?

It's really not speculative.

Zhao Guangyi let Yuantong retreat, went to the room to rest, did not say anything all night, and took the army on the road again the next day, and then went north, and then arrived at the border - the border of Song Liao at that time, that is, Baigou, Juma River, in today's Baoding, and then two hundred miles, it is Youzhou City.

This group of unsatisfied soldiers had mixed feelings.

On the one hand, they thought of the emperor's refusal to give them a reward, and they were indignant; On the other hand, they heard that the treasures of the Northern Han people and the Later Jin people had been sent to Youzhou City, and they couldn't help but feel refreshed.

However, when marching this time, the Han army of the Khitan was about to collapse - this is really not a trick to lure the enemy - the Liao people have not seen such a strong Han army for many years, and all along, the buffer zone of the Northern Han has given the Liao a peaceful environment, and they will not encounter the situation where the land is ravaged and cattle and sheep are robbed, but this time, it is different.

The 200,000 army pushed over, and even if there were strong Khitan warriors, they all disappeared like droplets of water into the sea.

So far, everything is going well, Zhao Guangyi wiped his sweat and saw a melon stall on the side of the road, and a brown-skinned old man asked for this pu fan and was selling melons.

"Master Jun," the old man took the water urn and handed it to Zhao Guangyi, "Drink a little." ”

Zhao Guangyi was wearing leather armor, his clothes were already soaked, and his battle armor was not like the Qing Dynasty, which liked to use colors such as bright yellow, so the old man didn't know that he was the emperor.

Wang Jien helped Zhao Guangyi take the jug and took down the coarse tile water bowl on it, worried that it was too dirty, so he didn't pour water.

"Pour." Zhao Guangyi glared at Wang Jien.

"Official ......" Wang Jien is going to be called an official.

Zhao Guangyi hurriedly waved his hand.

What he thought was that if the old man knew that he was the emperor, he would not tell him the truth.

The emperor is so arrogant and annoying.

and they must shake the mighty wind, and they must rejoice with the people.

"Official......" Wang Jien changed his name.

"Pour." Zhao Guangyi commanded.

Wang Jien was secretly worried in his heart, what would happen if he drank this water.

Zhao Guangyi looked at the old man's dry bark-like face.

There was a village girl standing next to the old man, looking at his granddaughter holding a big watermelon in her hand, this girl had a certain lotus leaf sunscreen on her head, and she had no posture at all, and her face was dull.

"Old man, are you long-lived?" Zhao Guangyi asked.

"Small, sixty-eight!" The old man said with a smile.

"Ah, people are rare in their seventies, and their bodies are very tough." Zhao Guangyi complimented casually.

"Thank you, Master Jun."

Zhao Guangyi looked at his marching army, and asked the old man with a smile: "Old man, what do you think of my army?" ”

"Your army has strict military discipline, which is rare." The old man said.

Zhao Guangyi smiled and picked up the porcelain bowl and drank a few sips.

"Huh? It's wine. ”

"It's rice wine pulled out by well water." The old man looked flattering.

Zhao Guangyi sat on the stone with his buttocks.

The old man looked at his melon.

Zhao Guangyi looked at his army.

"Is it strong?" Zhao Guangyi seemed to be talking to himself, and it was like asking the old man.

"Huh? Xiao Lao'er didn't quite understand what Zhao Guangyi meant. ”

"Is this soldier strong?"

"Strong, strong! Strong! I've lived so long, and I've never seen such a strong Southern Army! ”

"The Southern Army?" Zhao Guangyi frowned.

"That's right, isn't this an army from Henan?" The old man said.

"Hmm......" Zhao Guangyi was secretly lucky.

Wang Jien knew that Zhao Guangyi was going to be angry, so he wanted to scold the old man to relieve the siege, but he didn't expect Zhao Guangyi to stop him directly.

"Old man, tell the villagers that this time it is not the Southern Army, but the official army." Zhao Guangyi's face was pleasant.

That's how to rule, and you're sure to leave a few stories that are approachable and amiable to you.

"Officers and soldiers?" The old man said.

"It's the army of the imperial court, and it's here to save everyone!" Wang Jien explained.

"The Imperial Court?" The old man asked.

"It's the army of the Great Song Dynasty!"

"What to send?"

Zhao Guangyi is about to lose patience.

At this time, Yang Ye came, and this invincible general was familiar with the terroir of the sixteen states of Yanyun.

"Uncle, this is the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty." Yang Ye looked at the old man and explained.

"What?" The old man still didn't understand.

"Great Khan!" Yang Ye said.

"Oh! We don't understand......" The old man smiled, revealing his missing teeth.

"The official family atons for their sins," Yang Ye said, "The people here have never seen the Son of Heaven, they are all rough people." ”

"Are they Khitans, or Han Chinese?" Zhao Guangyi asked Yang Ye in a low voice.

Yang Ye also smiled wryly.

You must know that only the Great Emperor will have this concept, and ordinary people do not make such a distinction at all. The concept of the nation-state was formed only in the 19th century.

"It should be Han Chinese, but they also feel that they are Liao......" Yang Ye said truthfully.

The Liao State is a very unique existence, and their emperor wears two hats:

He was a steppe khan, and in the summer, he and his felt cart returned to the grassland to escape the heat;

He was also an emperor in the northern part of the Central Plains, and in winter, he would come to the city of Nanjing, that is, the city of Youzhou, and spend a warmer winter there.

The Liao State has occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun for decades, and almost two generations have passed.

Their cavalry are all Khitans, but they also have well-equipped infantry, these young soldiers were born Liao, and they also grew up according to the identity of Liao, the king of the southern courtyard governs the Han land, and the king of the northern courtyard leads the grassland - within the Liao country, the Han and the Khitan have formed a tacit understanding.

This is actually what Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was worried about.

After three generations, the sixteen states of Yanyun were no longer the territory of the Han Chinese.

"Damn!" Zhao Guangyi looked at the wine urn and felt sick to his stomach.

He got on his horse with a grunt.

The village girl looked enthusiastic and put a large watermelon in his arms.

Zhao Guangyi had a bad seizure, so he held the melon in his arms and rode away.

Wang Jien hurriedly threw a handful of copper coins to the old man, this is the military order issued by Zhao Guangyi:

Kill civilians and behead; Adulterers and thieves are guilty; Fair Dealing.

"Thanks, Great Khan!"

The old man took his granddaughter and sent Zhao Guangyi away with a smirk.

Zhao Guangyi threw the melon back, added a whip to the horse, and rushed to the front of the team.

"Official, official!" Wang Jien caught the melon in the air and hurriedly chased after it.

The two of them walked away, but the people in the melon shed were talking:

"Grandpa, why don't you just do it in the wine?" The village girl asked.

"It's not your father-in-law who said that he couldn't kill the emperor no matter what."

"The emperor is my mother-in-law, I am willing to do it, but my father-in-law is still reluctant."

The two ancestors and grandchildren of the melon stalls are none other than Saqima and Zhao Tia, after using the assassin's disguise technique, even Yang Ye, who has worked together for many years, can't recognize Saqima, Zhao Tiya is better to cover up, don't look at Zhao Guangyi is her father, but the two are really not close and unfamiliar.

These two had already left Taiyuan long before Taiyuan surrendered, and the Saqima in Taiyuan City was a shadow warrior.

This was a common method of the Persian Assassins, in which the leader selected people with a similar image and temperament to him, and trained them in voice and demeanor to confuse them.

"But I still agree with your father-in-law." Saqima said, "It's a pity to kill someone like your father." ”

"Huh?"

"If we arrest him, and replace him with a shadow warrior, ......"

"Grandpa, you're amazing."

"Actually, people always think that I love to kill, which is really the biggest misunderstanding," Saqima smiled, "You kid is a quick learner, and you can inherit my mantle." ”

"Grandpa, who else do you want to meet?" Zhao Tiya hugged her grandfather and said.

"No need to see it, the rest of the people are not so important, you father, hahaha, you can't win the war." Saqima smiled and walked away.

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