It was almost dusk, and Zhao Ta slowly walked out of the imperial city.

Also coming out with him were Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Deng Xunwu, Tong Guan, Gao Yu and others, everyone's faces were gloomy and their hearts were heavy.

Wang Xiang, who knew the Privy Council, took 20 commanders of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, and converged with the local forbidden army of Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road, as well as nearly 20,000 Xiang troops and township soldiers, and Wang Qing fought three fierce battles in Shuzhou, Huaixi.

All three were defeated, Shuzhou was lost, and only five or six thousand of the 20,000 people were killed.

Now Wang Qing has occupied the land of two states and nine counties, and is heading towards Luzhou, the capital of Huainan West Road.

Luzhou is an important town of Lianghuai, which is the throat of the two Zhejiang roads leading to Gyeonggi in the south of the Yangtze River.

Once Luzhou fell, half of the land passages between Gyeonggi and the southeast roads were strangled to death, and the money and grain in the south could only be routed by waterways, or half a circle to Tokyo.

Going around in half a circle is at most a point of humiliation in peacetime, but if there is a big war in wartime, especially on the northwest border, it will be fatal!

So...... Luzhou can't afford to lose!

Emperor Daojun was furious in the hall, indiscriminately, and reprimanded everyone, even Cai Jing, who had always rewarded the chair to sit on, also stood until the end, almost fainting to the ground.

Subsequently, Emperor Daojun ordered that Deng Xunwu, the Privy Council, ordered 30,000 forbidden troops, 20,000 soldiers, a total of 50,000 troops, to send Huaixi again, and join Wang Xiang's remnants, which was bound to hold Luzhou and exterminate the traitor Wang Qing.

No one spoke on the way out of the palace, all of them looked depressed, and when they arrived outside the palace gate, Zhao Ta got on the horse directly, and stayed in the study until midnight after returning to the house, before going to rest.

Two days later, Deng Xunwu, the secretary of the Privy Council, ordered 30,000 horse infantry troops and 20,000 Xiang troops to go out of the city to Huaixi......

On the evening of that day, Duan Yichang changed into a new royal blue robe and went to meet Zhao Ta's banquet.

Although he didn't know what happened to the Song Dynasty, and he frequently transferred troops outside the city, those were not what he cared about, and he only cared about one thing, the thing that others asked him to do before leaving Dali.

Ask King Qi to write a Sauvignon Blanc Mobao!

This is easy to say, but difficult to say, because as long as you ask sincerely, with the current relationship between Song and Dali, you will not refuse.

If it's hard to say, it's that he Duan Yichang never asks for help!

From childhood to adulthood, including the cultivation of colorful cloud horses, none of them were sought.

He doesn't ask for anyone, including his parents, when he wants something, he always states that it is broken, and the other party compromises, and he can't get what he wants without compromise, he can't do what he wants, and he can't play the other party with conspiracy methods, so that's it.

In short, it is impossible to ask for it!

But now, he crossed the mountains and rivers and sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, but someone asked him to ask for a calligraphy treasure from the king of Qi.

This man was so close to him that he couldn't refuse.

He tried to do it by some means, but he was diverted several times, and he deeply suspected that the king of Qi was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but he had no evidence......

Out of the gate of the State Guest House, looking at the two lush pine trees in front of the door, Duan Yichang got into the carriage.

Zhao Tan invited Duan Yichang to a banquet in the Split Golden Pavilion, but this time it was not as good as the last time he invited Xiao Min, there were many sweets, pastries and drinks last time, but the dishes were also light, mainly fish, shrimp and seafood.

This time, it is all handwritten by heroes, wild game cattle and sheep, whole chickens, ducks and geese, some smoked, some roasted, some spices boiled, and all kinds of materials fed and steamed.

The wine is also different, there is no sweet fruit wine, the flower carving daughter is red, the green ants are plugged in white, the maple bridge is blue, and the West Desert is yellow, and Duan Yi is dizzy for a while.

As for the song and dance music, there are naturally some songs, but the kind of soft and soft, the Yingge Yan Dance can not be seen, it is the eighteen beats of the Hu Ji, and even the dance is the Tuozhi Dance, the Sword Dance, and the Exotic Sky Dance!

Duan Yichang grew up in Dali since he was a child, and he had never seen these side winds, so he was holding a wine glass, his eyes turned and turned, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

After three glasses of wine, he suddenly said: "Lord Wang, although the singing and dancing are good, it is always difficult to participate in them, and they are not enough to enjoy themselves." ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said, "What is Prince Duan's idea?" ”

Duan Yi Chang said: "Lord Wang, Yi Chang thinks it's better to make a wine order?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Just you and me, if you do a drinking order, don't you want to write poems and lyrics?" Or do you want to shoot arrows? ”

Duan Yichang's head shook like a rattle when he heard this: "Lord, I thought of a novel way to play, I wonder if the prince wants to try it?" ”

"Novel gameplay?" Zhao Ta looked at him and said, "This king likes to hunt for curiosity the most, but I don't know how to play this novel game?" ”

Duan Yichang's eyes flickered and said: "Just now I saw those singing and dancing people, their dancing posture is rough and heroic, and they have a unique flavor, Yi Chang came up with a novel pot throwing wine order. ”

"Pitching pot wine?" Zhao Tan nodded.

People who are not good at archery often use copper kettles instead of targets to throw arrows for fun, in order to increase the difficulty, sometimes they will be separated by a screen in front of the pot to "blind throw", or play "back projection" with their backs to the copper kettle.

"Yi Chang knows that my archery is ordinary, so I'm here to throw a pot, don't you want to lose to me on purpose?" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Lord Wang, the pitcher I said is slightly different, it is a flying flower pitcher." Duan Yichang said respectfully.

"What is a flying flower pitcher?" Zhao Ta had some doubts in his heart, he knew that Duan Yichang had a purpose, this was seen from the first time he came to the door, that time it was an appraisal, but it was an appetizer, and there must be some other purpose.

"Lord Wang, flying flower pitching is not only to throw pots, but also to two people at the same time, during which you can fly each other's feather arrows, so that the other party can't enter the pot."

"So ......" Zhao Ta frowned: "Are you going to prepare two-color arrows?" ”

"Exactly." Duan Yi said: "Ten arrows can be used as a game, and the loser must drink." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Ten is too little. ”

Duan Yichang nodded: "So Yi Chang wants to make ten sticks for a game, the loser drinks, and the hundred sticks will win or lose in the end, and then set up a lottery." ”

"Licaitou......" Zhao Ta looked at him with a smile.

Duan Yichang hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the color head of the horse race last time was set up by the prince, and this time it is Yi Chang's turn." ”

Zhao Ta said: "This is what it should be, you can talk about it." ”

Duan Yichang said: "The lottery head is a small thing that the loser must promise the winner, which is naturally a trivial thing that can be easily done and harmless." ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said: "It's so good, it's just a trivial matter, I'll order someone to prepare it now." ”

After a while, Lei San carried a large copper kettle to the cabinet, and then two guards in the palace took two hundred arrows, one hundred of which were dyed with white feathers, and divided them among the two.

The copper kettle naturally can't be placed too close, and can't be too far, after all, it's too close and too easy, if it's too far, one or two is fine, and I'm afraid that the wrist strength is not enough.

Although the pitcher is also used with arrows, it is completely different from archery, and the test is the strength of the wrist, which is why many people are not good at archery, and the reason why the archery order is not on the wine table, but the pot throwing order is carried out.

Lei San put the big copper kettle in a position about the same distance from the two of them, and said, "Lord Wang, get ready!" ”

Zhao Ta took out ten arrows in his hand and looked at Duan Yichang with a smile: "Prince Duan, is it okay?" ”

Duan Yichang said respectfully: "Lord Wang, I'm ready, and I ask Lord Wang to take the lead." ”

(End of chapter)