There was a sudden silence in the hall, and Zhao Ta closed his eyes again, leaning back in his chair, as if he was recuperating.

Zhiling's face was expressionless, but his eyes were cold, and he looked at Zhao Ta.

Lin Wanfeng was in a state of confusion beside her, looking at Zhiling and Zhao Ta, I don't know what to do.

If Song Jiang is really a senior brother, he will naturally get closer, but Concubine Jing is also intimate, and it is really difficult for her to have an idea at the moment.

Zhiling turned his head slowly, looked at Lin Wanfeng, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly.

Lin Wanfeng hurriedly shook his head without a trace, and Zhiling immediately frowned.

Lin Wanfeng gritted her teeth lightly, her hands clenched into fists, Zhiling just now meant to make a move, to catch General Song and coerce the other party to release him!

But can this work?

Lin Wanfeng smiled reluctantly and said: "General, there is no absolute in everything, the so-called business is not benevolent and righteous, everything is negotiable, the little girl has come to Zhuo Luo twice, and she knows that the general is above board, and she will never detain us." ”

Zhao Tan snorted coldly.

Lin Wanfeng said again: "General, 500,000 taels is too much, the little girl is a Han person, going back and forth to the Tianshan Mountains, knowing the difference between the silver money between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, I am afraid that in the Western Xia, except for the royal family, no one can take out so many silver taels at one time." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Can't the Yuan family take it out?" ”

"This ......" Lin Wanfeng glanced at Zhiling, shook his head and said: "I really don't hide it from the general, although the Yuan family has a lot of industry, but it is not possible to take out 500,000 taels of silver at a time." ”

Zhao Tan sneered.

Lin Wanfeng said: "General...... The little girl begged the general to reduce some of them. ”

Zhao Ta said: "In what capacity are you begging me?" You are not a member of the Yuan family, and you are not an official of Western Xia, so it's ridiculous to talk like this, right? ”

Lin Wanfeng's face turned red, and Qi Ai said: "The little girl is a disciple of Zhou Dong, the iron arm of the Shaanxi hero, and I think the general should have heard the name of the teacher." ”

Zhao Ta slowly opened his eyes, his face was unhappy, and he said for a long time: "Zhou Daxia is famous all over the world, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, everyone knows it, no one knows it, of course the general also knows Zhou Daxia, but it's just ...... Can Zhou Daxia know that his disciple is the head of the Western Xia Yuan family and speaks for the concubines of the famous royal family? ”

"This ......" Lin Wanfeng's expression changed when he heard this, although it was said that Zhou Dong had always been taught without class, but after all, his heart was in the Han family, and if the disciple was a fan, it would be fine, each for his master, but the disciple was a Han but did things for Fanhu, but it was a little unreasonable.

Zhao Ta said coldly: "Although you are a woman and you are young, how can you speak ignorant because of the difference between men and women?" ”

"I, little girl......" Lin Wanfeng couldn't wait to plunge into the ground at the moment, she really never thought about this kind of thing, she didn't do anything for Xixia, and the Tianshan Divine Eagle Palace didn't belong to any country, but Yuanjing had a deep relationship with the Divine Eagle Palace, and she was friendly with Yuanjing, so she thought about helping Yuanjing, but she never thought about the righteousness of the family and country.

At present, Zhao Ta raised the nature of this matter with a word, and Lin Wanfeng was a little at a loss, even if her martial arts were extraordinary, and she boasted that she was a woman who did not let her eyebrows, but tears were rolling in her eyes, and her heart was aggrieved and sad.

Zhiling, who was on the side, saw this and held her shoulder: "Senior Sister Lin, don't think too much, it's just to help Concubine Jing, where are these big truths, don't take it to heart, this time I will talk to Concubine Jing, and don't let Senior Sister Lin come." ”

Zhao Ta snorted coldly, didn't speak again, looked at the second daughter's whispered words, and said for a long time: "General, is the ransom really indispensable?" If 300,000 taels is okay, the little girl can now make the decision on behalf of Concubine Jing. ”

"Three hundred thousand taels?" Zhao Ta looked at her, and the corners of his mouth showed a touch of ridicule, with such a large amount of 300,000 taels, a disciple of the Divine Eagle Palace could actually call the shots? It's strange that he believes it!

This woman named Zhiling hid her head and covered her face, full of lies, and she was never credible, and she actually knew that Yao Pingzhong was trapped in Xizhou and other military intelligence events, and her identity was very suspicious, and it was difficult to say whether it was a person from the Divine Eagle Palace.

"300,000 taels is still a bit less, but ......" Zhao Ta said lightly: "Ben Jiang Gang also thought, what he said before was a bit too harsh, since the twenty-eighth sister is not among the ransoms, then 400,000 is good, I don't know if you can finalize the decision?" ”

"Four hundred thousand ......" Zhiling looked at Zhao Ta with hesitation.

Zhao Ta touched his chin, his eyes did not leave Zhiling's left and right, if this woman dared to say that she could call the shots, then he would immediately take it down and interrogate it carefully, and he would dare to agree to such a number, it was clearly just a mouthful, nonsense, and he was appeased and delayed, maybe there was some intention!

"Such a number...... I'm afraid that the little girl won't be able to be the master. Zhiling sighed lightly: "General, I want to go back and report to Concubine Jing, and let Concubine Jing take the idea herself." ”

Zhao Ta's eyes narrowed slightly: "It's just an extra 100,000 taels, can't Miss Zhi decide?" ”

Zhiling looked at Zhao Ta and shook her head slowly: "When the little girl came, Concubine Jing gave the number, only to 300,000, and she also wanted to take Yuan Chun back, Yuan Ji can't be damaged, the little girl just now because of her urgency, she took the liberty to agree, now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's a little abrupt." ”

Zhao Ta's eyes looked at her, this Zhiling not only promised 400,000, but the previous 300,000 would be overthrown, which was beyond his expectations, did he feel that there was a gaffe just now?

He sneered: "300,000 taels are called Hanako!" Your barren and poor Western Xia is regarded as a big price, but you can't look down on it, less than 400,000 don't talk about it! ”

"This ......" Zhiling's eyes flickered, slightly angry, obviously she didn't like to listen to Zhao Ta's so-called barren poverty, she took a deep breath and said: "This matter is still allowed to go back to report to Concubine Jing, let Concubine Jing decide herself." ”

Zhao Ta's eyelids drooped when he heard this: "This is only one chance, if you still bargain next time, then you have to buy the corpse head!" ”

"The little girl heard it, and she will definitely report the general's words to Concubine Jing as they are!" Zhiling's tone was flat and without any emotion.

Zhao Ta raised his eyes and glanced at her again, and then raised his hand at the door of the hall: "General Du, take her two out of the city!" ”

Du Yan should be, leading the soldiers to escort the second daughter towards the outside.

Zhao Ta looked at the backs of the two and fell into deep thought......

Two days later, the army was integrated, all the grain, grass and baggage were all there, and there was no shortage of ordnance and equipment.

Zhao Ta personally inspected the team, and was very satisfied, so that Du Yan commanded the army, Zhang Xian was the vanguard, Yang Zhi and Xu Ning were the generals, and set off the next day.

Subsequently, he personally led people to the prison at night, lifted Yuan Ji and put them in the prison car.

It is impossible for Zhao Ta to wait for news from Yuanjing in Zhuo Luo, and the other party may not send someone again, after all, he is very dead, if he does not agree to the ransom of 400,000 taels, and someone pulls him, then he will be directly detained, and all those in prison will be killed.

Even if the other party really agrees to this price, he will not wait in the city, at this moment, the military is important, money and property, as long as the Western Xia is defeated, how much does it cost?

And these people of Yuanji are bound to not be able to continue to stay in Zhuo Luo, although he led his troops to the east to conquer the Sichuan, Zhuo Luo City will be completely closed, and it will not be opened again before the triumph of the Xiashichuan River, but even so, it is not at ease, not only to take these people away, but also Yuan Ying and Yuan Guo must also accompany the army.

Looking at the few people in the prisoner car, especially at Yuan Ji, Zhao Ta couldn't help frowning.

Yuan Ji is a grandmaster, and this prisoner car is only made of wood, and it may not be able to be trapped after a long time.

He looked at Yuan Ji, and Yuan Ji also looked at him angrily, these days because of Yuan Ying, so several people in the prison have not suffered anything, and they have not starved, and they all have some strength at the moment.

Zhao Ta said: "As a grandmaster, you should be admired by all directions, but now you are a prisoner of the ranks, but you are resentful and unconvinced in your heart? ”

Yuan Ji said: "The skills are not as good as people, I have nothing to say, but I am an enemy, how can I be convinced?" ”

"Good ......" Zhao Ta nodded: "With backbone, I will always admire iron-clad people!" ”

"Humph!" Yuan Ji said coldly: "If you want to kill, you will kill, why bother to act up, what do you have to do to load us into the prisoner car?" But are you going to be escorted to the execution ground? ”

Zhao Tan smiled: "I'm reluctant to kill a few of you, a few of you are worth 400,000 taels of silver, and Yuanjing will send money to ransom people in the near future." ”

"Four hundred thousand taels of silver?" Yuan Ji was stunned: "This is impossible!" ”

"Don't you think it's possible?" Zhao Ta laughed and said: "That means that Yuan Jing will not redeem you with silver, but will only continue to think of some means to save people?" ”

Yuan Ji immediately fell silent, as if he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and his eyes were tightly closed.

Zhao Ta's face gradually turned cold, and said, "Come on, put on his pipa bone and lock it to the wooden pillar!" ”

Shi Qian and Ding Erxi immediately took the thin iron chain and Shi Wei, Zhao Ta looked at it for a few breaths, and then turned around and left.

He really wanted to kill Yuan Ji directly, and it would be a disaster to keep this person, but Yuan Ji is a martial arts genius and a grandmaster, as long as Yuan Ji is in his hands, the Yuan family and Yuan Jing will throw a mouse bogey, and even send some surprises from time to time, so they can't be killed at the moment.

Early the next morning, the east gate of Zhuo Luo City opened, Zhang Xian rushed out with a thousand vanguard cavalry first, and the rest of the army followed like a long dragon, all the way straight to Shichuan.

Zhuo Luo is three or four hundred miles away from Shikikawa, the road conditions are sometimes good and sometimes bad, there are no towns in the middle, only some stone forts exist, most of these forts are close to the border, and there is no one at the moment.

Zhang Xian opened the way in front of him and entered the empty castle to investigate, but found that there were signs that the Western Xia soldiers had just left, which showed that they had been marching and retreating in an orderly manner.

He hurriedly sent someone back to the Chinese army to report the news, Zhao Ta couldn't help frowning when he learned the news, the defense along the border is naturally different from the inner city, not only vigilant, but also quick and decisive, far from Tiandeng, Liangzhou and other places comparable.

Since it has been perceived by the other party, it is meaningless to march in a hurry, Shikikawa itself is classified as a military city, and the outer and inner cities have already arranged trenches and horses, and the elimination mechanism will not change if they go early and late, and they will not be arranged less because of the early arrival.

Originally, he just wanted to catch the other party off guard, but when the other party learned the news, he would inevitably set up an ambush, so it was not good to speed up and walk quickly, so as not to get tired of the army.

Zhao Ta replied to Zhang Xian, ordering him not to rush in, and to inquire about the news, especially in the area of Lingbo Mountain above, where the Western Xia has been operating for a long time, there are fortifications in it, and every Tibetan army, when Shenzong attacked the Western Xia in five ways, he once folded his horse and was attacked by the other party.

After Zhang Xian got the order, he stopped his steps, and sent out a scout horse, three miles to explore, five miles to report, and finally came to the left of Shichuan City on this day.

To the north of this river is Mt. Zerobo, behind which is Mt. Roulang, and there is a lake under Mt. Zero, called Lake Dulan, half of the water comes from the melting of spring ice and snow on the mountain, and half comes from the summer rain.

Shichuan led the lake to the bottom of the city, dug a moat, and was one of the few places in Western Xia surrounded by water rivers.

Zhang Xian got Zhao Tan's order, did not march in a straight line, and went around to the other side of the Dulan River, where if you can't see the city with the naked eye, you can hide the outline with a telescope.

He observed for a long time, and it seemed that the gates of Shikikawa City were closed, and there was no one waiting below, so it was obvious that he had already taken precautions.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xian ordered a thousand vanguard men and horses to go to the Lingbo Mountain.

Although the name of this Lingbo Mountain is not sublime, it is actually not sublime, but the terrain of the mountain plain, with trees, forests, grass and stones, and traces of man-made changes can be seen in many places.

Slowly entering the mountain, five horsemen were sent out in front of him, but only a quarter of an hour later, three horsemen rushed back, shouting as they ran: "General, general, there are Xixia thieves hiding and ambushing in the mountain, and the two brothers have been damaged!" ”

Zhang Xian gasped when he heard this, hurriedly ordered to stop his progress, and then carefully looked into the distance.

Although it is a mountainous terrain, there are countless hills, and even if the trees are sparse, it is not suitable for cavalry to run, he thought for a while, and immediately turned his horse's head and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

This place should not be left for a long time, the enemy is secret, and if you go deeper, you are afraid that you will not be able to leave if you enter the ambush circle of the other party.

With Zhang Xian taking the lead, everyone ran down the mountain, but just when they came out of Lingbo Mountain, they saw dust and smoke billowing in front of them, and the shouts of killing suddenly shook the sky, and it turned out to be a Western Xia army that killed them.

Zhang Xian looked at it fixedly, the team in front of him rode and walked, of which the cavalry was afraid that there were not as many as one or two thousand, and as for the infantry, it was several times that of the cavalry, three or four thousand.

Zhang Xian couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, where did so many Western Xia people come from? This is more than Liangzhou City, Fuchuan is only a small county, although the military city, but most of the people from the Xishou Baotai Military Division were transferred to Hedong Xialanzhou, Xizhou, even if there is stay, it should be in Huizhou, why did you come to Fuchuan?

Moreover, when these military horses look at their spirits, they are different from the old, weak, sick and disabled in Liangzhou, even if they are not elite soldiers, they are not far behind.

Just when he was surprised in his heart, suddenly there was a shout of killing behind him, and it was obvious that the ambush team on the mountain chased them after them when they saw that they had not been trapped, and wanted to attack them from both sides and destroy them here.

Zhang Xian couldn't help gritting his teeth, at this moment, there was an ambush in front of him, and there were chasing soldiers in the back, he was in a dilemma, there was nowhere to escape, there was no room to turn back, he could only kill all the way.

Without further ado, the more he dragged on, the more unfavorable it was to escape, and he immediately shouted: "Sons, rush over with me, and let these summer thieves see how powerful we are waiting for the military horses!" ”

These people under him are all well-equipped, far more than the other party, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, who is afraid of any enemy and outnumbered, when he heard this, he immediately "roared" and screamed, waving the big gun in his hand and charging forward with him!

The Xixia team outside the mountain didn't expect them to be so bold and brave, but they were only slightly stunned and attacked them, and then, the two teams collided together with a "boom"!

(End of chapter)