All kinds of rumors suddenly spread in Youzhou, and the streets and alleys were saying that the Song people had no integrity and no responsibility, and even Xiao Hugu's suicide in Jincheng was taken out to exaggerate, saying that the Great Song Dynasty did not regard the original Liao people as his own people, and he was always on guard. Taiwei Guo Yaoshi was sad and wept when he was entertaining his subordinates in the mansion: "We are all people who have been fighting hard with the Jin people for many years, if the Jin people ask for the pharmacist in the future, I don't know what to do?"

Hearing this, the people who were able to go to Guo's mansion for the banquet were all Guo Yaoshi's henchmen, knowing that Guo Yaoshi was putting on a show, and one by one they also cooperated with the mission, and Zhen Wuchen immediately stood up and said: "That's Zhang Jue's incompetence, Guo Shuai rest assured, if there is really such a day, we will never be tied, and we will fight to find a result, Youzhou is still our Youzhou, the Youzhou of the Liao people." ”

The generals and former ministers of the Liao State all stood up one after another and said that they could not be slaughtered like this, and they must have blood; what Guo Yaoshi wanted was this effect, and waved his hand and said: "Life and death are life and wealth, and what I value is the days with everyone, if anyone wants us to have a hard time, I Guo Yaoshi must be with him." Here, cheers. ”

Suddenly, the crowd was excited, and everyone desperately echoed Guo Yaoshi, and said all the good things that should be said and should not be said, these people naturally knew that when they were in the Liao Kingdom, they were just unwilling, and they were repeatedly defeated against the Jin soldiers; after they were attached to the Great Song Dynasty, they were even more rampant in Yanyun, and they didn't know how many things they had done that hurt the heavens and reason, and if they left Guo Yaoshi, it was a dead word. The banquet was dispersed until the third watch, and the next day there were even more rumors in the army from all over the country, and the morale of the army was fluctuating, and the people were also cloudy.

The abbot of Zhiquan Temple, Daxin Zen Master, saw that Li Gang had already started to work, did not delay much, convened the monks in the temple, let the temple be in charge of the temple, said that he would return in a year at most, and said goodbye to the temple, took Miao Wuye and a coachman, a walker, and drove a mule cart and two mules out of Youzhou. The group went out of the West Gate, looking at the green grass on the wasteland, the wild cranes and harrier eagles flying in the sky, the wild flowers on the side of the post road were brilliant, a gust of wind passed, with a fresh breath, Miao Wuye, who was sitting on the mule cart, asked the Daxin Zen Master beside him: "Zen Master, where are we going?"

"Jincheng, Sha Jing, a disciple of Master Tianxin, rebuilt Tianxiong Temple in Jincheng, it is said that the incense is vigorous, and it is quite popular among the locals, I want to see how they operate. The people of the Han family said that the people of Yingzhou and Ulzhou are happy to work now, and they don't know if it's true or not. Zen Master Daxin said in a deep voice: "Youzhou sword light and sword shadow is in front of you, and we are waiting for small people, in the troubled times, just seeking a place to live, away from the war." It's a pity that all the monks in the temple are reluctant to leave because they think about the possible benefits. ”

Zen Master Daxin originally wanted to take some monks to Jincheng to build another Zhiquan Temple, but there were few responders, including the temple supervisor was waiting for Zen Master Daxin not to come back and take over the position of abbot; Miao Wuye sneered: "Zen Master thinks that Yang Zhi is a happy land, the old child has lived for decades, and he has experienced a lot of things. ”

Zen Master Daxin said with a smile: "A drink and a peck, it is all heavenly, if so, it is the poor monk and Yang Zhi who should have this catastrophe, but compared to the people of Yanyun, our little catastrophe is nothing." Fifth master, when you get to Jincheng, you still open your noodle restaurant, and I will go to Yang Zhi to ask for some ideas to ensure that your business is prosperous. ”

Miao Wuye's mood improved a little and said: "Zen master, I believe what you say, just like mare's milk wine, how did Yang Zhi's mind come up with it, you said, how many generations of our people have lived in Yanyun, but no one can figure it out." And also. , Lou, that grade, hehe, don't hide it from the Zen master, the little old man went to see it, and he was dizzying. ”

Ordinary people are like this, knowing a person is something they have seen with their own eyes, compared to Yang Zhi's great military exploits and amazing talents, mare's milk wine and restaurants are nothing at all, but in the eyes of people like Miao Wuye, these are the most praiseworthy. Yang Zhi, it seems that after drinking dragon blood, he is destined to shock the world.

Daxin Zen Master is not in a hurry to hurry, slowly and leisurely along the way, when he passed the new city, he saw the fast horses of Datong Mansion galloping to the east one after another, Daxin Zen Master stopped one of them to ask, only to learn that the Western Xia army of 50,000 people, has been under the command of the famous general Ren Dejing, divided the way to attack Shuozhou, Fuzhou and other places.

The monarchs and ministers of the Western Xia originally thought that the transfer of the 150,000 Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty from the northwest was a good news for the Western Xia, who would have thought that because of the reinforcement of the Liao State, the army was blocked by Yang Zhi on the border of the Liao and Song Dynasty, and lost tens of thousands of iron cavalry in three battles, and was attacked by Zhi Keshi and others who took the opportunity to suffer heavy losses. And because of the support for Yelu Yanxi, on the surface, the Western Xia and the Jin State reached an agreement, but in fact, the Jin State deliberately restricted the caravans of the Western Xia people from entering the Jin State, and the government traded twice, and the Jin people did not give money as long as the green salt was paid.

Liao was originally the largest exporter of green salt in Western Xia, with a sales volume of more than 20 million catties a year, and now Shuozhou, Yunzhou and other places are equivalent to cutting off the sales channels of Western Xia to the Northeast. In order to change this situation, the Western Xia had only two ways, either to sue for peace with the Great Song Dynasty and exchange things for the unobstructed northern road, or to go to war and seize Shuoyun and other places, so that merchants from all over the country could smuggle to Youzhou, Bohai and other places.

The Western Xia was divided into three factions, the main battle, the main peace, and the United Jin, Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun hesitated, until Yelu Yanxi defected to the Great Song Dynasty, Li Qianshun finally decided to give it a try, and swore to the Jin Dynasty to express his attachment to the Jin, and sent 50,000 troops to attack Shuozhou, suing for peace and joining the Jin, all of which need to be on the basis of showing strength. Li Qianshun's concubine, Princess Liao Cheng'an, learned that her homeland had died, and she was grief-stricken and died of hunger strike in the palace; Li Qianshun married Ren Dejing's sixteen-year-old daughter as a concubine, and promoted Ren Dejing to be the defense envoy of Jingzhou, presiding over the Shuozhou war.

When Zen Master Daxin arrived in Jincheng, he saw the city full of celebrations, only to know that Li Yan, who was in charge of the northwest, ordered the whole line to attack the Western Xia, and the Song army and the Western Xia army from all walks of life were engaged in fierce battles; Yang Zhi ordered Yue Fei to lead 5,000 cavalry reinforcements, and even joined forces with Yang Rui, the governor of Huanzhou, and ambushed the Western Xia army that came to attack Huanzhou outside the city of Huanzhou, and killed 4,000 harrier troops in a battle, and the Western Xia army changed color for a while.

After the Western Xia army started the war, it was found that the Jin army did not immediately go south, knowing that they had been deceived, but it was difficult to ride a tiger in Shuozhou, and there was no progress in the front line of Fuzhou and Wuzhou, and as the Song army moved closer to Shuozhou, the gap in the number of the two armies became smaller and smaller;