Wu'er Siqi and Wuzang Guduo didn't know that in the palace of Xingzhou City, there was a lot of quarrel over their army, especially when they learned that Li Renxiao had sent Shi Ming to read the edict, and both the Empress Dowager Ren and Brother Li Chago felt that this matter was inappropriate. Empress Dowager Ren thought that Li Renxiao was opposed to her own suggestion, and did not agree with her father Ren Dejing in charge of the Dingyan army, while Li Chage believed that scattering 30,000 elites on the banks of the Yellow River could not deter the Song army, and once a war started, it would be easy for the other side to break them one by one.

"Let's wait for Shi Ming to come back. Li Renxiao pondered for a moment, but still insisted on his opinion: "The Hot Gongji Association will stay in Hedong for a long time, which is conducive to the connection between us and the Dingbei Army; I mean, I still have to have some confidence in Zhao Kai and Yang Zhi, this time Yang Zhi did not press with all his strength, because our strength is too weak." ”

Li Renxiao's words hit the weakness of Brother Richard and Ren Dejing, after all, the two joined forces and did not hold Lingzhou, after Brother Richard retreated under the attack of Quduanwei Wei to save Zhao, Ren Dejing was directly pressed to the ground by Yue Fei and wiped, and there was no room to fight back. Empress Dowager Ren explained: "Wu'er Siqi is not a member of the party, nor is he a royal family, I'm afraid I can't be too relieved." ”

Brother Richard smiled bitterly in his heart, in this regard, he and Empress Dowager Ren are heroes who see something similar, otherwise they would not have taken the initiative to withdraw their troops back to Xingzhou as soon as they heard that Wu'er Siqi might negotiate with Yang Zhi; Cao Zimu stood up and said: "Wu'er Siqi's family has been a general, Wu'er Siqi has a very high prestige in the army, there must be a group of people he can trust, if Wu'er Siqi is not satisfied with the arrangement, how to solve it?"

The battle in the Western Xia Dynasty was far more fierce than that of the Great Song Dynasty, and how many officials were exterminated because of this, Cao Zimu didn't care who the difficult army fell into, Cao Zimu was worried about what would happen to Wu'er Siqi after handing over the military power? Yun Lang laughed and said: "Lord Cao is too worried, Wu'er Siqi has been in charge of the army for many years, and he knows what is powerful in it, he is loyal to Great Xia, no matter how it is arranged, he can definitely be trusted." ”

"Okay, since Lord Yun Langhuan values it so much, can you conclude that Shi Ming can let him go to the bank of the Yellow River?" Ren Decong's question was ill-intentioned, the jade seal was in the hands of the Empress Dowager Ren, and there was no holy decree and no official document Wu'er Siqi commanded the army to act, so what is it, if the generals in the army do not act in accordance with the military order, then what will become of the army of Western Xia.

"There are exceptions. Cao Zimu nodded slightly at Ren Decong and said: "The current champion 3 is Lingzhou, whether to reset Lingzhou, and the other is who will go to Lingzhou." ”

Brother Richard's eyes lit up, he didn't misunderstand this kid, and said with a slight smile: "It is necessary to reset Lingzhou, and we also need to open a field here, and set up a buffer zone in front of Xingzhou. ”

"Wait for Shi Ming's news, what if Wu'er Siqi has any new ideas?" Empress Dowager Ren made a fork just right, Empress Dowager Ren is not an ordinary person, even Brother Richard is not easy to refute, so he can only think about it and say: "As far as I know, the Dingyan army is homesick, even Wu'er Siqi sometimes has no choice." ”

Hearing that Brother Richard was paving the way, Cao Zimu could only shake his head and sigh, some things were just speculations, and the root was not in his control. Ren Dejing hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "But the battle situation in Suizhou is too strange, Wu'er Siqi's army occupies Suizhou, and the Dingbei Army has no counterattack, and even Yang Zhi is nested in Youzhou." There was also information about his private talks with Yang Zhi, and this time Yang Zhi also refused King Yun's order to ambush the Dingyan army. ”

Cao Zimu smiled slightly and said: "Lord Cao, to borrow a phrase from the ancients, it is important to know your heart. Suizhou is a matter that can allow Wu'er Siqi to return to Xingzhou to explain, and see what is hidden in the end, so as not to guess in everyone's hearts. ”

How could Ren Dejing let Wu'er Siqi come back, he sighed and said: "Lord Cao, sometimes it is really unimaginable on the battlefield, victory or defeat is in a short period of time, and the hidden feelings are not of much meaning to us!"

Cao Zimu said indifferently: "Even if you have doubts, you can also set up a Dingyan Mansion in Liupan Mountain or Hexi Qiao to settle the Dingyan army and their families." ”

"Good idea. Richard said: "If you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you will not live, and you will not have the intention to plant willows and willows." As far as the Five Prefectures and Great Xia are concerned, it is of great significance, and it is also of great significance to the royal family. Set up five states, you can recuperate, the only thing to do is to move in the population. If we can manage well, we can also recover the decline. ”

The Western Xia lost only one-third of its land, but it lost half of its population. Zhang Huyi suddenly said: "At present, our situation is very bad, the war is chaotic, we have been defeated repeatedly, and we are facing the pressure of the Great Song Dynasty in the east. Can we spread rumors that Yang Zhi wants to be the king and let this person leave the front line as soon as possible. ”

"It's useless. Cao Zimu and Yun Langhuan almost spoke in unison, seeing everyone's eyes cast over, Cao Zimu said helplessly: "Zhao Yingluo has arrived in Shaanxi, such a rumor will be very lethal, but it will provoke Yang Zhi to become the main battle faction, then we will lift a stone and shoot ourselves in the foot." ”

Brother Richard said: "In general, Yang Zhi still leaves us a lot of leeway in trade, although half of Lingzhou and one Xiazhou are missing, we also save the cost and grain and grass of holding on to the other side of the Yellow River, Your Majesty, you want to make an idea, whether the Dingyan army will stay in the newly built Lingzhou, or go to the newly built Dingyan Mansion?"

Li Renxiao has actually made it clear now that Cao Zimu's overseas Chinese set up a difficult mansion is actually to re-give the difficult army a place to recuperate, rather than preparing to consume the difficult army on the front line; if the Dingyan Mansion is rebuilt, it doesn't matter if the commander is Wu'er Siqi or Ren Dejing, the key is still in Lingzhou, after all, Lingzhou captured by the Great Song Dynasty is only the capital of Lingzhou, but the peach blossoms and other three salt pools in Lingzhou are all in the hands of Western Xia.

Li Renxiao looked at the eager eyes around and said: "What I mean is that Ren Dejing is the governor of Lingzhou and the commander of the army, Wu'er Siqi is reappointed as the commander of the North Road Supervisory Army, Cao Zimu is the prefect of the Dingyan Mansion, and Wu Zang Guduo is the supervisor of the Dingyan Mansion." As for choosing the setting of Dingyan Mansion, Cao Zimu, you and Wuzang Guduo will give me a plan within ten days. ”