"Master Bao, wouldn't you give the jade pendant to Li Qing too?" The Thirteenth Prince asked.

Bao Qing didn't answer, but asked: "Lord Wang, just right, I still have one last question, that is, about the jade pendant!" ”

"This king knows that Lord Bao is curious! The blessing of the dragon's birthday, there are only two pieces in the Great Song Dynasty, and I heard my father say that these two pieces of jade pendant were taken from foreign tribes by Emperor Taizu in the early years of the expedition in the eight directions. After his father ascended the throne, he hung these two jade pendants on his waist, one on the left and one on the right. On the king's tenth birthday, his father, perhaps drunk, gave him a piece of jade pendant on the right. The thirteenth prince showed a look of reminiscence.

"What about the other one?" Bao Qing asked curiously.

"My father once told his ministers that the jade of the dragon's birthday is the symbol of imperial power in my Great Song Dynasty. Later, the third brother ascended the throne, and the second jade pendant on the left of his father was hung on his waist. In the battle of Lanyuan, three hundred miles away from Bianjing in Song Liao, the king blocked an arrow for the third brother, and the third brother was grateful in his heart, and he actually gave the jade pendant to the king. The Thirteenth Prince patted off his horse and continued to walk forward.

Later, the third brother was seriously ill, and he actually said that the character of today's official family is too weak, and the son is young and the mother is strong, and he is afraid that the woman will mess with the government, so that this king will become a great unification. The king was very scared at that time, one was that the king did not want to be the emperor, and the other was that the king was afraid that this was the first emperor testing the king. Therefore, this king resolutely refuses to grant it. Who knows, the first emperor not only told the king about it alone, but also informed the ninth brother and asked the ninth brother to persuade the king. He also said that his father intended to pass on the throne to this king, and this throne was originally owned by this king. This jade pendant ......" The thirteenth prince paused, and then continued, "The two jade pendants came like this, this king confessed to Hong Ba, and when he saw the jade pendant in the king's hand, it means that the king is no longer there." ”

When Bao Qing heard this, he was taken aback, if Li Qing took out the jade pendant, wouldn't he be killed by Hong Ba immediately! This is really wronged, if only Fan Zhongyan's letter arrived earlier.

Seeing that Bao Qing's face had changed, the thirteenth prince couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" What comes to mind? This king doesn't understand, where are you going with these thousands of men and horses? ”

"Move closer to our point of contact, I'll know the news sooner, and I'll be able to cut off the two food routes." Bao Qing replied.

After a while, a scout came to report, saying that he couldn't go any further, and that the scout who had found the Liao people in front of him would be discovered if he went any further.

When Bao Qing heard this, he had to give the order to stop advancing and get off his horse to rest.

Bao Qing was in a little anxious at the moment, the afternoon would be the time to trade with the Liao man Dirigu, if he got the news of Li Qing's success before the transaction, then he could take full action and force the Liao army to move.

It looked like it was about half an hour, and sure enough, the news came.

"Speak quickly, Sixth Son! Is it news from Li Qing's side! When Bao Qing saw that it was the sixth son beside the dynasty, he couldn't help but hurriedly ask.

"Good news, my lord! The Nine Princes and Xia Zhu were already about to arrive in Bazhou with 30,000 imperial court reinforcements, and Li Qing commanded the two reinforcements that successfully took over Hongba. Liuzi said.

"Good! That's it! Bao Qing said happily, and the thirteen princes were also very happy.

"Lord Wang, why are you so happy, do you know? The Ninth Prince and Xia Zhu actually led the troops to quell the rebellion, and the prince wouldn't think that they were here to fight the Liao people to save General Cao, right? ”

"There are no traitors at all, the king of the ninth brother knows best, as long as the king writes a letter to make it clear to him, he will know. Brother Jiu knew the things of that year best. And he is also the hero of today's official family ascending to the throne, I believe that he can talk to the official family to help the king, it should be possible! "The Thirteenth Lord was a little happy.

"Lord Wang, you still looked quite sober and smart just now, why can't you do it this time? Let me tell you the truth, today's official family has already announced that the prince has rebelled, and the ninth prince was very angry when he heard about it, no, take the initiative to ask Ying to kill you! I think it's terrible, the water is about to wash away the Dragon King Temple, I hope this Li Qing will go fast, otherwise, when he encounters the forbidden army brought by the Nine Princes, I'm afraid it will be difficult to tell what's going on! The two reinforcements that Hongba asked for help should have been labeled as a rebel by the imperial court. ”

The thirteenth prince still didn't believe it, shook his head and said: "This king will tell the ninth brother in person, but this king doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe this king." The best brother of this king back then was Brother Jiu. ”

Seeing this, Bao Qing knew that he couldn't persuade him, and he didn't persuade him, so he looked at the six sons who were waiting stupidly on the side, and asked, "Sixth son, is there anything else?" ”

"My lord, the Liao people have moved, and they have begun to tighten the encirclement, as if they are going to prepare for a big war." Liuzi said.

"What? Why didn't you just say something big? Bao Qing was shocked when he heard this, and shouted loudly.

The six sons looked aggrieved, I wanted to say, but my lord, you are chatting with the prince, where do I dare to interject.

The long-awaited thing finally arrived, and the Liao army finally moved.

"Sixth son, go back and let the dynasty immediately notify Li Qing, and ask him to lead the team to cut off the grain channel for me before it gets dark today." Bao Qing paced a few steps, turned to Zhang Long and said, "Pass the order, rest for a while, replenish the strength of the army, and immediately march in the direction of Yizhou after a while." ”

"What do you mean by attacking the grain transfer station in Nayizhou?" Zhang Long couldn't wait, these days, in order to prevent being discovered by the Liao army, he was always wandering around like this, and he was panicking.

"In another hour, it will be time to trade with the Liao people, and we will go with more than 100 people to see if we can destroy the grain reserves of the Yizhou grain transfer station." Bao Qing said.

Zhang Long nodded vigorously, and was just about to give an order, when Bao Qing beckoned to Zhang Long again.

"You go find a dozen detectives and put the croton powder from this croton village into the Liao camp."

"This?" Zhang Long was a little embarrassed, how did he do this?

"Why, I saw that on the map that Li Qing gave me, isn't there a lake in the encirclement of the Liao army? Didn't you also say last time, there are no villages and obstacles on this road, and there is only one lake near the encirclement, and the horses of the Liao army drink water in that lake nine times out of ten. Just ask someone to pour me the croton flour into it. Bao Qing said.

"Oh, okay, let's do it!" Zhang Long was overjoyed when he heard this, if this croton was put into the lake, it was estimated that the horses of the Liao people would become soft-footed shrimp. The Liao people without horses can't be fierce at all.

"Why are you using some indiscriminate poisonous tricks!" The Thirteenth Prince couldn't help but say.

Bao Qing was a little displeased when he heard this, and said: "I'm just a pusher, I don't understand this war, I can think of these indiscriminate strategies, then I want to ask the prince, what do you think should be done?" ”

The thirteenth prince sighed and said: "The first emperor also thought that the reason why the Great Song Dynasty defeated the Liao army in Lanyuan was only by some strategies, if the soldiers really came here for a face-to-face decisive battle, my Great Song Dynasty was not the opponent of the Liao people at all, so the Great Song Dynasty was victorious later, and the first emperor still promised to pay the Liao State every year." ”

Bao Qing was disdainful when he heard this, and said: "That's the emperor's own cowardice, didn't you ancients always like to use the art of war?" In battle, you don't care how you win, as long as you win. Regardless of whether he is a black cat or a white cat, he is a good cat if he catches a mouse. ”

The thirteen princes listened with some contempt, what do you call the ancients, what cats and mice. So he said: "This king will write a letter about the situation of the Liao people and the matter of our cutting off the grain channel, just so that your people can send it to Brother Jiu." Brother Jiu still has a set of ways to lead troops to fight, and I believe that he will definitely be able to try to rescue General Cao after seeing it. ”

"It's better to rely on others than on yourself, if only these nine princes had the guts! I'm afraid that I will already shrink into Bazhou City as a turtle with a shrunken head! ”