On the same day, 20,000 craftsmen built a huge camp of craftsmen and began preparations before the construction of the city.

This time, the Song army specially demolished Suide County in Yan'an Prefecture, demolished three military cities, and obtained a large number of high-quality bluestones, and at the same time prepared 300,000 catties of lime and 150,000 catties of glutinous rice, boiled into a pulp with glutinous rice, and mixed with lime and river sand, it is the most ideal masonry adhesive, when it dries thoroughly, even the knife can not be inserted into the gap.

20,000 craftsmen worked together, and on the third day, the foundation of the city wall was excavated and the first layer of foundation stones was put in.

At the same time, the transformation of Tiande City is also underway, the circumference of Tiande City is about twelve miles, it is a large military city, equivalent to the area of a small county town, and most of the city is a warehouse, storing grain and grass, military funds and a large number of mutton and milk wine.

There is a central street in the city, about three miles long, paved with bluestone slabs, with continuous warehouses on the left, barracks and stables on the right, and a tall eagle tower.

There were no ordinary residents in the city, only a few families of the army, a restaurant and a grocery store, and a brothel.

The ordinary barracks are also made of large bluestone, which has been completely demolished, and the bluestone is used to build a second city, so that a large area of open space appears in the city.

The entire Tiande City has become a large construction site, full of construction in full swing, and soon, the second batch of 20,000 troops and a large number of supplies will arrive in Wuyuan County.

But at this time, another fleet of the Song army arrived at the entrance to the Hetao.

At the entrance of the Hetao, there is a military city of 500 people, the military city has been captured by the Song army, and the 500 soldiers have been annihilated, and at this time, the military city has been demolished, and a large number of bluestones are piled up on the bank of the Yellow River, waiting for the ships to be transported back to Wuyuan County.

Although the military city had been demolished, the Song army built a beacon tower on a nearby hill that would be lit once the Western Xia army was found heading north.

As the bluestones piled up like a hill were loaded onto the big ship, the fleet full of bluestones turned around and returned to Wuyuan County, and the 5,000 Song army also retreated to Wuyuan County, and a military city disappeared in place.

Ten days later, a group of Western Xia herdsmen came from the west, they were supposed to supply and rest in the military city, but they could not find the military city, when they found the ruins of the military city, they realized that something had happened to the military city, a group of herdsmen hurried to the Hue military city hundreds of miles south to report.

The spies sent by the Hue Military City also discovered that the military city was missing, and they immediately sent a major military intelligence report to the Xing Khanh Province with an eagle letter.

The reason why the imperial court governor and the Son of Heaven agreed to Fanning's plan to attack Western Xia was indeed because now was a great opportunity to attack Western Xia, and Yizong of Western Xia was killed by an arrow while fighting the Song army three years ago, and his seven-year-old son Li Bingchang ascended the throne.

The power of the court fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Liang and her uncle Liang Yi, plus the Empress Dowager Liang's chief of the guard, and Liang Yi's confidant Romanowei, formed the mother party group of the Western Xia, deposed the loyal and good, reused the traitors, and sent the famous general of the Western Xia royal family and Li Yuanhao's brother Wei Minglang to the wilderness.

In order to consolidate the rule of the Liang family and stabilize the people's hearts, Liang Yi instigated the Empress Dowager Liang to launch a continuous border war against Song City, attacking the five roads along the Shaanxi Road, which made the Song army very passive.

Just a month ago, Empress Dowager Liang issued an order to gather 300,000 troops, mobilize the power of the Western Xia country, and garrison Xiazhou, preparing to attack Qingzhou in the Song Dynasty.

At this time, the Song army formed a threat in the north, which could not only solve the danger of the Shaanxi Road, but also form a north-south attack with the Song army in the south.

Liang Yibury received a message from the flying eagle of the Hue Military City at night, and the news of the disappearance of the military city suddenly surprised him, and he entered the palace overnight to see the Empress Dowager Liang.

The security of the palace is controlled by the general Meng Yan, who is the personal guard of the Empress Dowager Liang, tall and strong, handsome, deeply favored by the Empress Dowager Liang, so that he is in charge of 5,000 guards, and then he is in charge of 3,000 iron harriers heavy armored cavalry, in just two years, Meng Meng became the second person in the Western Xia Army.

However, although Liang Yiyan and Liang Yibury are both mother parties, the relationship between the two is more delicate, and the two initially joined hands to deal with the Western Xia royal family, framing the famous Langyu who was in charge of military power, so that he was dismissed from office and driven to the wild land in the west.

The two then instigated the Empress Dowager Liang to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty, demanding an increase in the amount of annual coins, and in the first two years of the Empress Dowager Liang's reign, the two had a very close relationship.

But since this year, the relationship between the two has begun to crack, which is also the elimination of the prey of the outside world, and there are contradictions between the two in the distribution of power and interests.

When he heard that Liang Yibu was going to see the Queen Mother at night, he personally ran to the palace gate to ask.

"Liang Xiangguo, it's too late! The Queen Mother is already resting, so it's better to see you tomorrow. ”

Liang Yi buries the despised deception from the bottom of his bones, but he is just a beautiful male pet, and he can still be a general, what virtue does he have, and how can he command the most elite Iron Harrier Army in Western Xia?

Liang Yibury held back his annoyance, and he said in a loud voice: "I just got the latest information, something happened in the northern Hetao, and I suspect that the Song army has entered the Hetao. ”

Meng Meng sneered and said, "It won't be so ridiculous! With the Liao State separating them, how could the Song army enter the Hetao? ”

Liang Yi couldn't say it, he got the information a few days ago, the Liao State had ceded Dongshengzhou to the Song Dynasty, of course he didn't take this information to heart, and now he actually woke up to Dongshengzhou to the Song Dynasty, can't the Song army directly kill into the Hetao?

He was anxious in his heart, and said: "Things are not as simple as you think, the Liao State has ceded Dongshengzhou to the Song Dynasty, and the Song army can directly enter the Hetao along the Yellow River." ”

Meng Meng was taken aback, and said very dissatisfied: "Why didn't Liang Xiangguo report this matter earlier?" Now that something happened, I reported it to the Queen Mother. ”

Liang Yi was so hateful that he almost scolded, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Can you open the palace door?" ”

The matter is indeed a bit serious, so he no longer embarrassed him, and let people open the palace gate, and Liang Yi ran directly to the harem.

The Empress Dowager Liang had fallen asleep, and when she heard that something had happened in the north, she hurriedly put on her clothes and came out, and a eunuch brought Liang Yi in, and she also followed her in, and she could enter the Queen Mother's bedroom at will, which was an open secret inside and outside the palace, and many ministers were very dissatisfied with it, but they were helpless.

"Empress Dowager Qi, Weichen just got the news that the Tianwei Military City south of the Hetao suddenly disappeared, and the Hue Military City has been confirmed, and the military city has been demolished, and there are traces of burning corpses."

Empress Dowager Liang was about thirty years old, very charming, she was also a very ambitious woman, in order to consolidate her rule, she did not hesitate to launch a national war against the Great Song Dynasty.

She frowned, "What does it mean that the military city is gone, and what does it mean?" ”

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, Weichen got an important piece of information this morning, the Liao State ceded Dongshengzhou to the Great Song Dynasty."

Empress Dowager Liang was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Why did you cede Dongshengzhou?" ”

"It seems to be to exchange Yizhou with the Great Song Dynasty."

"What!"

Empress Dowager Liang's apricot eyes suddenly widened, and her face was full of anger: "This should have happened two months ago, why did you only get the news now?" ”

"It seems that the Song Dynasty and the Liao State blocked the news, and our spies in Bianliang did not get this information."

"A bunch of useless wretchedness!"

Empress Dowager Liang was so angry that her face turned pale, and she slapped the table and scolded: "The Song army took Yulin and arrived at the door of Hetao, such important information actually took two months to get it, and immediately summoned the envoys and intelligence chiefs in the Song Dynasty to me, and they must be severely punished!" ”

"Queen Mother, the top priority now is not to let the Song army occupy the Hetao, Weichen suggested that 10,000 cavalry should be sent to the Hetao as soon as possible, and it is necessary to recapture the Hetao."

So far, they have not realized the true intentions of the Song army, and they thought that the Song army was only trying to occupy the Hetao.

Empress Dowager Liang thought for a while, and immediately said: "The Hetao belongs to the Weifu Military Division of Montenegro, so let the 15,000 troops of the Weifu Military Division rush to the Hetao, this is their duty, and they will set off early tomorrow morning." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Liang Yi was buried, and the Empress Dowager Liang glanced at the helpless Meng who was standing next to her, "I'm not in the mood today, let's retire from the general!" ”

Meng Meng stepped forward and said, "I think we should send more troops to the Hetao, and 15,000 people is still a little less." ”

Empress Dowager Liang understood his thoughts, he wanted to use this opportunity to seize military power, although she supported the rebellion, but she also did not want the contradiction between him and Liang Yibury to deepen, so she said: "Fifteen thousand people are a lot, go and see the situation first, the Song Dynasty wants to graze and raise horses in Hetao, I will never let them succeed!" ”