Zhao Yingluo sighed, was silent for a while, and said: "The last time my father urged Lingzhou and Xiazhou, the ministers of Runzhou thought that the Dingbei Army was preserving its strength, so it was written again and again, and my father had no choice. Before coming, my father said that everything is based on the decision of the third brother, and if you want Chang'an, you need to continue to fight against the Western Xia; this is a prerequisite, not like Bianliang, they are facing the Jin army in Hebei, what do you want Chang'an to do. ”

Gao Shiyu knew that Zhao Yingluo had brought Song Huizong's secret letter, and Song Huizong's envoy had arrived in Chang'an, and this matter was actually a matter of arrows; no matter from a political or strategic point of view, the merger of the Yongxing Military Road into the Dingbei Army would have more advantages than disadvantages for Zhao Kai, the king of Yun. Although King Kang will lose his advantage because of this, Zhao Yingluo is right, King Kang wants Chang'an not to deal with Jin Xia, but purely to deal with the Dingbei Army, Gao Shiyu nodded helplessly and said: "The princess is reasonable. ”

The guard at the door hurriedly came in and said, "Princess Qiyu, Shaanxi Zhenfu envoy Yang Zhi asks to see?"

This is expected, Zhao Yingluo arrived in Chang'an, Yang Zhiyu was going to discuss in private, both public and private; Gao Shiyu glanced at Zhao Yingluo and asked: "Is Yang Shuai alone, or is it with other officials?"

The guard replied: "Yang Shuai is alone, and he came with Gao Ziyu and Zhu Zhiqing. ”

Zhao Yingluo bowed his head and said, "Ji Ling will go and greet you." ”

After a while, Yang Zhi and the three of them walked in with Zhao Jiling, and Yang Zhi saluted Zhao Yingluo and asked, "How is the princess all the way?"

This is a public place, even if the two of them are husband and wife, the etiquette is the same, Zhao Yingluo saw that Yang Zhi did not ask Gao Shiyu and others to avoid it, and knew that what Yang Zhi said must be official business, so he asked Yang Zhi to sit down and said: "It's not the first time I've come to the northwest, there is no problem;

"Everything is ready to go. Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Lord Fan Zhixu has helped a lot this time, he received the holy decree, and he has been checking and guiding our etiquette almost every day, and there will be no mistakes." ”

"That's good. Zhao Yingluo said with a smile: "This time, by the way, there is one more thing, ask for an answer for my father, and let the Military Supervision Department report back." ”

Yang Zhi had already been prepared in his heart, and when he heard the imminent changes in Chang'an, there was no abnormal expression on his face; there are smart people everywhere, and there are not a few clever people in Runzhou, and there are some things that he can control and imagine. Hearing Zhao Yingluo's conditions, Yang Zhi was 100% sure that Zhao Kai would definitely agree, for Zhao Kai, this was a matter of killing three birds with one stone, he could control the entire Guanzhong, force himself to continue to send troops to attack Western Xia, and also let Zhao Kai have a high-sounding reason to leave Taiyuan. Today's Literature Network

Gao Shijiao was a little strange on the side, he had been an official for 20 years, and he had insight into the world's sophistication; Yang Zhi's expression was not right no matter how he looked at it, and if the Dingbei Army could control Chang'an, he could sit in the middle of the pass and sit and watch the war east of Tongguan, but Yang Zhi's face did not show any joy at all, but more of a solemnity. Gao Shiyan smiled and asked, "Yang Shuai, is there anything wrong?"

"No, it's just that we keep signing agreements with Western Xia, and then keep tearing them up, which will become very strange in the eyes of others, and if the Jin people are the same, it will threaten Henan, Huaiyang and other places. Yang Zhi said calmly: "The area west of the Xixia River is far more extensive than the five states of Dingyan, and the number of our cavalry is not superior, so it is almost impossible to fight quickly, and this matter will be discussed when King Yun arrives." ”

Zhao Yingluo and Zhao Jiling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, they knew that Song Huizong had other arrangements, and Yang Zhi's caution left room for Zhao Kai; Gao Shiyu was obviously unwilling: "Western Xia was defeated in Lingzhou, I heard that there are only 200,000 troops in the country now, Yang Shuai still has nothing to worry about a defeated general." ”

Yang Zhi didn't pay attention to Gao Shixuan's radical tactics at all, and said slowly: "It is difficult for the mourning army to win, for many years, our intelligence on Western Xia has only been limited to Youzhou, Lingzhou and other places, in fact, there is not much planning for Hexi; in my opinion, it is easy to fight, but it is difficult to destroy Western Xia, the key is that if the Jin State besieges Wei to rescue Zhao and attack Hedong, Henan and other places, can Taiyuan and Bianliang resist it, and will we be asked to withdraw our troops at that time?"

Although Yang Zhi was talking about us, Zhao Yingluo and others understood that Yang Zhi was actually asking about King Kang and Zhang Jun; once the Dingbei army was entangled in Western Xia in Hexi, and the Jin army marched south to Henan, Hedong and Henan, if Zhang Jun and others could not withstand the attack of the Jin army, it would be a matter of more than worth the loss for the Great Song Dynasty. Yang Zhi's meaning was obvious, Zhao Jiling thought for a while and asked, "Yang Shuai, can't you reinforce Bianliang?"

Yang Zhi smiled bitterly: "Hedong and Shaanxi are only 300,000 troops, and the two-line battle is already insufficient, how can we still have the ability to fight on the third line, otherwise Jincheng will not be destroyed by the Golden Vulture this time." ”

"After all, this matter is for the third brother to decide, let's talk about it here, Lord Gao, Lord Zhao, I still have something to discuss with Yang Zhi alone, you go down first." As soon as Zhao Yingluo said this, Gao Shiyu and Zhao Jiling both laughed meaningfully, and both stood up and left; Yang Zhi got up to see each other off, watched the two disappear at the door, and turned around and asked Zhao Yingluo: "Is something wrong in Runzhou?"

Zhao Yingluo nodded and said: "The ninth brother returned to Runzhou, changed his methods, and said all day long that Henan is safe, as long as the third brother makes up his mind, Xixia will definitely be able to take it, and the Privy Council also believes that it is necessary to take advantage of the time when Xixia is beaten down, and continue to exert pressure." For this reason, the father asked the officials in various places for advice, and it was Li Gang's idea to hand over the Yongxing military road to you, which was approved by the Privy Council and the father, but they still did not agree with the Yushitai and the ninth brother, and finally decided to hand it over conditionally; the Yongxing military road was handed over to the third brother, but 20,000 people from the two armies of Liu Guanglie and Guan Shigu were transferred to Bianliang, and only Li Yanqi and other troops remained on the Yongxing military road, less than 10,000 people. ”

People are needed to fight wars, and people are also needed to maintain law and order, this arrangement of the imperial court is actually to give an empty Yongxing military road to the Northern Army, not only can not increase the strength of the Yongxing military road, if Zhao Kai wants to gain a foothold in Chang'an, I am afraid that he also needs to draw troops from all over the country to supplement the Yongxing military road. Yang Zhi said with emotion: "King Kang is really a good calculation, Yingluo, you have really worked hard in the past two years." ”

Zhao Yingluo smiled slightly and said: "It's nothing, I haven't seen you in the past few years, but I will be more enriched when I do something, and I can count as a little longer knowledge." I heard that you and the third brother have some problems, what is the reason?"