It rained for three days, and Tanma reported that the Western Xia soldiers in Shunzhou were close to the north of the gorge, but the weather was bad and they could not move militarily, so they camped on a high place and watched.

Zhao Ta went to the city to take a look, but it was really far away, and there was smoke and rain, even if he held a telescope, he couldn't see the other party.

Shunzhou also had a lot of troops this time, counting the Western Xia army in Jingsai in the south, the two by two, in fact, had surpassed the defenders of Xiakou Pass.

There are about 70,000 people at Xiakou Pass at this moment, but the total number of Western Xia troops has reached more than 80,000 and nearly 90,000.

But Zhao Tan didn't go to his heart at all, the more he came, the better, especially the people of Shunzhou and Xiangqingjun, it was in line with his heart to come out, because then the probability of General Lu's sneak attack on Xingqing Mansion would be greatly increased, and if Xingzhou was really taken, the pressure on the Quartet would not be so heavy.

At this time, obviously because of the rainy weather, the Western Xia army may miss an agreed siege, but the autumn rain generally does not last too long, as long as it stops, the Xiakou Pass will inevitably face a two-sided attack situation, Zhao Ta ordered the juncture to be double-posted, day and night guard, not relaxed.

Although the soldiers and horses are not as many as the other side combined, the few are not too disparity, not as good as the previous attack on the gorge from their own side, the strength of the army is multiple in the city, and the city does not dare to go out to meet the battle.

If the two sides are really fighting fiercely, it is a big deal to divide the troops and open the door to meet the kill, and there is no iron harrier on the opposite side at this time, and the foot is almost all wiped out, and they are not afraid of a positive impact on the opposite side at all.

What's more, there is still an arrangement in the south, and Fan Rui and the three of them have been sent out, if it is really appropriate, it can be regarded as a miracle soldier all the way.

Fan Rui went out of the customs three times, not for anything else, just to meet Song Jiang's soldiers and horses, Hebei is not too far from here, with Song Jiang's thoughts, as long as Li Zhong goes back to reply to the letter, he will definitely raise troops immediately, and rush to Xixia non-stop.

If this is the case, then it should be on the road at this moment, as long as Fan Rui and others can meet and pass on the news, they can lead the vanguard to come, and when the time comes, the army and horse of Xixia Jingsai will inevitably be broken......

The autumn wind is cold, the yellow leaves are scattered, and the horse is singing and the wind is sluggish.

Looking at the gradually desolate and barren scenery, Song Jiang was full of enthusiasm in his heart.

At this moment, he had the feeling of splitting the fan cage and flying the colorful phoenix, and suddenly opening the golden lock to walk the dragon.

There was a sweet smell in the air!

Song Jiang looked at the generals on all sides, the military horses behind him, and ordered again, "Rush, rush, rush"!

I will soon arrive at the border between Jingyuan Road and Western Xia, and fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty is going to Jialiao with heavy troops at this moment, otherwise this road will definitely be sad.

Now it's different, there are very few soldiers stationed in various places along the way, and they are all defensive and guarding, although they also stopped and asked some questions, but they only covered up a little and deceived the past, after all, they were outnumbered, and the other party did not dare to investigate them exhaustively.

All the way to the west, behind the mountains and rivers, Song Jiang was excited.

He was glad that he had judged the situation back then, was witty, flexible, and wise and resolute.

It was that snowy night, and the memory is not forgotten, and it is deep in my heart.

He stood in front of the Qin Wang's Mansion for a long time, frozen all over, almost drowning in snowflakes.

One day the water and rice did not hit the teeth, all with perseverance and perseverance, the sky was white to dark, and the red lantern was raised high in front of the house.

He stood like a minion.

But without some frost and bitterness, Ande plum blossoms are fragrant?

Without the precautions at that time, with a long-term view, where is there a good way out at this moment!

Without the groveling at that time, bending to meet the will, and clinging to him, the king of Qin recognized who he was, how could he agree to his refuge?

Do you really think that King Qin is an ordinary person? Anyone can take refuge? That's the nobles of the heavens, the military gods of the Great Song Dynasty! How can ordinary people look at it!

And he, what is he? He's a thief! was originally a small official, and then a thief!

Including the brothers under him, whether they were from the government before, or whether they were official now, they have all been thieves!

If there was no fate, King Qin would have taken a fancy to him? Will you want him? What does he think he is?

The bullshit's Hu Baoyi and the rain, the bullshit's filial piety Hei Saburo, the green forest is touted, it's not worth a penny, in the eyes of the big guys, it's just a joke!

Surrendering to King Qin is a great way out, and it is indeed a great way out! Or something he hadn't even dared to think about in the past few decades.

What he has always thought about is just to wash away the body of the official, and turn into an official, if he can be in charge of the party, then the ancestral tomb will be smoking, and the great goodness of this life will be satisfied, thank God.

Song Jiang's hand holding the reins trembled slightly at this moment, and his black face couldn't help but glow with bursts of red light.

Li Kui, who was riding a horse next to him, said in a rough voice: "Brother, why is your face red?" ”

"Radiant!" Song Jiang said loudly, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the horse moved forward bravely, as if he was equally excited.

"Brother hasn't been so energetic for a long time!" Li Kui scratched his head, and his face was full of puzzlement.

"Hahahaha!" Song Jiang suddenly turned his back to the sky, and finally couldn't help laughing.

Incomparably cheerful, incomparably proud, incomparably happy.

Can you not have a good time! The king of Qin broke away from the imperial court, and after stabilizing the foundation in the northwest, he turned to destroy the Western Xia, which was a great war to destroy the country!

What does King Qin want to do, it goes without saying, at this moment, he has taken refuge in the past, and that is ...... Quite a great achievement, from the minister of the dragon!

Song Jiang couldn't stop laughing, and everyone looked at him, some of them were stupid and puzzled, but Wu Yong and Zhu Wu behind him didn't know what he thought.

Wu Yong's miserable white face, which was originally moody, also showed cheerfulness, this time is different, this time is different!

This time is very different from the Zhao'an Imperial Court!

Zhao'an is considered to be complete, seeking the wealth in front of him, and now he is ...... But it is from the dragon, from the dragon's work, from the power of Dingding!

What is Gong from the Dragon?

That is to be crowned a marquis and a prime minister, a wife and a son, and become a hereditary noble!

It is to be famous for a hundred generations, and a family will rise from now on!

Thinking of the rise of the family, Wu Yong's eyes couldn't help but show a glimmer of hope.

Thirty and stand, forty is not confused, there are three unfilial piety, no queen is great, the husband is born in the world to set up a vigorous career, start a family! And now, this opportunity has arrived......

Zhu Wu didn't have much expression on his face, he looked at Song Jiang's expression, peeked at Wu Yong, and then looked at the thin clouds in the sky, his eyebrows moved, he reached out and touched his beard, and took a deep breath.

The generals had their own expressions, but almost all of them were happy, and even on horses, many of them whispered about it.

At this time, Song Qing was at the rear, together with the soldiers, and the seventeen people of Liangshan were all in front, and he was the only one behind.

He was also expressionless like Zhu Wu, listening to his third brother's heartfelt and unbearable laughter, but he didn't react.

Song Jiang is ranked third, and his nickname is also Xiaoyi Hei Saburo, but he is the third in the clan, not that there are brothers in the family, but that there are two brothers in the clan, Song Hai and Song Run, who are older than Song Jiang.

Song Qing looked at the figure of the third brother, blinked his eyes, and gently supported the restraint behind him, he was carrying a child behind him, tied to his body, it was his son.

The child's name is Song Anping, just three years old, and his mother died early.

"Hungry?" Song Qing tilted his head slightly and said to Xiao Anping.

"Dad, I'm not hungry, what is Uncle laughing at?" Xiao Anping had a pair of big black grape-like eyes, and looked at Song Jiang in front of him, who was looking up to the sky and smiling, and asked curiously.

"Oh, your uncle, he's happy today." Song Qing said lightly, then took out a piece of cake and stuffed it, Xiao Anping reached out and grabbed it, and didn't speak.

The men and horses continued to move forward, and finally reached the border, at this time there were many people, no more than a few horses and a dozen horses could steal through, and seven or eight thousand people were found by the defenders of the fort from a distance, and shouted loudly.

Ruan Xiaoqi, who led the team by the forward, came back and asked Song Jiang how to deal with it, here is not better than being able to be deceived along the way, here is to cross the border directly, and it is difficult to tell any lies.

Song Jiang put away the joy on his face, changed it to his usual look of worrying about the country and the people, and said, "Break through and call the archers to cover!" ”

Ruan Xiaoqi said yes, turned the horse's head and left, Li Kui said at this time: "Brother, it's better to give me a few hundred soldiers, chisel these bunkers, and smash those officers and soldiers to death!" ”

Song Jiang glanced at him: "Be cautious in your words in the future, don't say whatever you want." ”

Li Kui was puzzled: "Brother, what kind of words are these, don't you just say what you don't want to say, and make up some lies?" ”

Song Jiang frowned and said: "Tie Niu, we are still an official army right now, how can we say the words that we want to stone the official army to death?" ”

Li Kui touched his head: "Brother, didn't you say that you went against this dog court and went to Western Xia to join the second king?" Since it's the opposite, it's not the official army, it's the official army that wants to be killed......"

"Nonsense!" Song Jiang's face sank when he heard this: "Tie Niu, you remember to me, we are the official army, we were the official army before, even more so in the future, and we will be the official army of His Royal Highness King Qin in the future!" ”

"Going around, I don't know what ......to say," Li Kui muttered a few words in a low voice, and then said loudly: "Brother, I'll go ahead and take a look, if there is a Western Xia army over there, I'll kill it." ”

After that, without waiting for Song Jiang to agree, he beat the horse hard, and the horse ran forward "slowly".

Song Jiang looked at Li Kui's figure and couldn't help but shake his head, although this Tie Niu brother is loyal, he acts and speaks too recklessly, and he doesn't think about it at all, if he is by his side, it's okay, but when he is alone, he is afraid that he will cause trouble.

Wu Yong hit the side of the horse at this time, and said: "General, go to the side of King Qin, don't ask Li Kui to leave Zuojin, it's good to get acquainted with each other for a long time, and you can take care of it at the beginning." ”

Song Jiang nodded: "I know." ”

As the two spoke, there was a shout of killing not far away, it turned out that Ruan Xiaoqi acted according to Song Jiang's words, and released arrows to cover, and those fortresses really didn't say much, and stopped after firing a few arrows, and saw that they went straight across the border.

At this moment, the time has reached the afternoon, as soon as the border of Song and Xia is crossed, the military horses are more and more energetic, the generals do not say, the seven or eight thousand people below are all veterans of a hundred battles, the elite who have been screened out since Liangshan, along with Zhao'an together, went to Hebei to fight Tianhu, and finally died so much.

The team quickly rushed over, and Song Jiang called Li Zhong, after all, it was the first time he came to Xixia, and he didn't know the way, Li Zhong went back and forth once, so he asked him to lead the way.

Walking forward for a while, Song Jiang said, "Brother Li, have you ever seen an apprentice when you go to the prince?" ”

Li Zhong said: "But I didn't see it, Da Lang is not by Wang Jia's side at the moment, and he is guarding outside." ”

Song Jiang was curious: "Where to guard?" ”

Li Zhong thought for a while: "Wang Jia said that in Liangzhou, Xiliang Mansion, it doesn't seem to be close. ”

Song Jiang exhaled when he heard this, it turned out to be Liangzhou, has Liangzhou been taken? Liangzhou is the main road from Hexi to the Western Regions, and when the Western Xia was not founded in the past, Liangzhou was the largest city.

In fact, the Western Xia country is divided into two lines, the east is centered on Xingqing Fuxingzhou, radiating to the northeast, due east and southeast, which is very prosperous.

The other line is the starting point of Liangzhou, which goes straight to the Western Regions, and goes to the Hexi Corridor and the ancient Silk Road.

This line is the ancient war road, and it is also the trade road since the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, Shazhou, Yangguan, Yumen Pass!

Then go straight to the Western Regions and enter the Uighurs of the Western Continent!

Suzhou is Jiuquan, Shazhou is Dunhuang, Yangguan and Yumen Pass are parallel to the north and south, and are the gateway from Hexi to the Western Regions.

Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass from afar, the yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned if it is not broken!

Huangyun and white grass do not have Yanshan, there are two sideburns in a hundred battles, I don't know how to recruit 300,000 husbands, and a few people have entered the Yumen Pass!

The Han family is full of Yin Mountain, and they don't send Hu'er to return the horses, and they are willing to serve the country with this length, why should they be born into the Yumen Pass!

When Song Jiang heard Liangzhou, thought of Xiliang Mansion, and thought of going to Yumen Pass, he was in a mood for a while, and he was arrogant and heroic, and he shouted: "Bring the wine!" ”

The small school next to him immediately brought the wine jar, Song Jiang ordered everyone to stop, each person had a bowl of wine, and then raised it high: "The stars in the sky participate in the Beidou, a bowl of wine at the friend of life and death, brothers, Song Jiang is fortunate to meet you in this life, come and come, drink and leave!" ”

Seventeen people raised their bowls and shouted, "Brother is too polite, brother please!" ”

The liquor was in the stomach, the wine bowl fell to the ground, the withered grass was flying, Song Jiang laughed, the horse galloped forward, and everyone followed.

At night, set up camp to kill the cow ridge, this cow killing ridge is at the junction of the Xishou Baotai Military Division and the Jingsai Military Division, the terrain is higher, and it can be guarded around.

More than 100 miles to the east of Killing Niuling is the reward of the Jingsai Military Division, and above the reward is the cutting and stepping village, which is the nail-like important place of the Jingsai Military Division.

However, with Li Zhong guiding the way, naturally he couldn't go there, and at this moment, the Jingsai Military Division was also empty, unable to explore the situation of Killing Bull Ridge more than 100 miles away.

After getting up on the second day, after walking for a long time, suddenly a sentry came in front of him, Ruan Xiaoqi put up a pergola to take a closer look, vaguely familiar, and shouted from the other side: "Is it the Liangshan brothers?" ”

Ruan Xiaoqi listened and responded: "Who are you waiting for, where are the soldiers and horses?" ”

Hearing this, a person on the opposite side shouted, "But Ruan Xiaoqi's virtuous brother? I'm your brother Fan Rui! ”

"Ahh Ruan Xiaoqi was immediately stunned when he heard this, and shouted: "It turned out that Brother Fan Rui was here, and I will immediately report to Brother Gongming that I will find out." ”

After that, he turned his horse's head and ran back, Li Zhong had said that he had traveled to and from Western Xia, so everyone knew that he happened to meet Fan Rui three on the road, and the three of them followed him to the past.

Later, Song Jiang couldn't help but be happy when he heard the news, and personally led people to the front of the team, welcomed Fan Ruixiang and Li Gon to the army, and set up a temporary camp tent to eat and drink.

Fan Rui and the three of them said according to what Zhao Ta taught, and after Song Jiang heard it, he made a clever plan, and when the meal was over, he dispatched soldiers and horses, followed Fan Rui and the three of them, and went straight to the north.

(End of chapter)