Western Xia was defeated again in Youzhou, and Yue Fei, who had received the news from Yang Zhi in advance, took the opportunity to order Wang Gui and Guo Sheng to send troops to capture Yanzhou under the jurisdiction of Xia Prefecture and Xia Dongyi leading to the Tiande army of the Jin State in one fell swoop, and Xingzhou was shaken. When Brother Richard heard the news, he looked up to the sky and sighed, Xiazhou lost its extension under the attack of the Dingbei Army in two directions this time, and it was almost alone on the Song-Xia border, and sooner or later it was the fat meat on the mouth of the Dingbei Army.

The direction of Taiyuan was also very excited, Zhang Xiaochun and others suggested simply taking Xiazhou directly, Zhao Kai was a little hesitant, Xu Huiyan's battle in Hengshan was not as smooth as originally thought, and the Western Xia army and the Qiang people were very tenacious. Zhang Shen had already written a letter, pointing out that Xu Huiyan's mood was too impatient, and Yang Zhineng ambushed and killed the Bubazi Army and the Hengshan Army, giving up the results of the battle in Dingbian Town and other places, and luring the other party into the plains to fight.

Zhao Kai asked Zong Ying, and Zong Ying directly said his opinion, Xu Huiyan wanted to kill more of the Western Xia army, but Hengshan was deep and vast, and it was in the ice and snow, Xu Huiyan's current progress was good. Zhao Kai thought about it for a day, but decided to ask Zong Ze. When he arrived outside Zong Ze's ward, Zhao Kai's straight waist bent slightly, and he followed Zong Muyue into the spring breeze, and Zong Ying hurriedly came over to salute: "See King Yun." ”

"Excuse me!" There was a strong smell of decoction in the room, and Zhao Kai nodded and asked, "Is Elder Zong better?"

Among all the people, Zhao Kai only believed that Zong Ze followed him for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, and even Yang Zhi and Cao Qianli belonged to people with other plans; Zong Ying's face showed a sad expression: "Father's body is no longer very good, but when he heard that our army occupied Youzhou, his father's mood was much better, and he drank a bowl of soup in the morning." ”

Zhao Kai said quietly: "The war is almost over, my father has agreed to negotiate peace with the Western Xia, Xu Huiyan is still attacking the Western Xia army in Hengshan, I just want to discuss with the elder Zong, who to send to negotiate, you go out first." ”

Zong Ying chuckled in his heart, although he did not go on the expedition, but he knew the things on the front line, Xu Huiyan deliberately pitted Yang Zhi, who would have thought of pitting Wang Yu into it; the defeat in Gyeongju was dressed in Taiyuan, from Wang Yu's death to Yang Zhi's victory, there was only a three-day gap before and after, some people said that Wang Yu was upside down, and some people said that Yang Zhi deliberately killed Wang Yu. As far as Zong Ying is concerned, she would rather this defeat be an accident, and if it is for other reasons, it will kill people in the future.

Zong Ying hung his head and retreated to the door of the room, only to see his father Zong Ze's tall figure propped up on the bed; Zong Ze half leaned on the head of the bed, his face was pale, and he pointed to the brocade stool in front of the bed and said, "Lord Wang, you can find a place to sit by yourself." ”

Zhao Kai sat down according to his words, looked at Zong Ze and said softly: "It's just a victory, it can't shake the foundation of our Western Xia, and now the strength of Western Xia has been greatly damaged, and it seems that there is no intention of a big fight." My father said that he wanted to negotiate peace, and you see who is the most suitable."

Zong Ze half-closed his eyes and did not immediately answer Zhao Kai's words, this matter is actually very simple, Runzhou will not interfere, either send someone from Taiyuan, or hand it over to Yang Zhi, who has already arrived in Youzhou. Zhao Kai asked, obviously he didn't want to hand it over to Yang Zhi in Youzhou, but he was afraid that sending someone casually would be self-defeating when the time came; after all, Yang Zhi was now in a high position, and ordinary people couldn't deal with it at all.

"The reason why we had to fight this battle was because Yang Zhi's army entered Shaanxi and lacked supplies, so we could only survive in the war. After a while, Zong Ze said slowly: "If it weren't for Yang Zhi's two victories in Dingbian Town, we wouldn't have planned to play this big game of chess, and Yang Zhi's strategic vision doesn't think secondly." ”

Zhao Kai was silent, not speaking at this time was the most genuine attitude, Zhao Kai did not want to hand over this matter to Yang Zhi to be responsible; finally, Zhao Kai's eyes flashed with anger and said: "Wang Yu, Zong Lao, who Wang Yu is, you and I both know that Yang Zhi's army is on the side, how can Wang Yu be wiped out? Yang Zhi is one of the best generals in the world, and it can be seen from the defeat of 150,000 Western Xia troops in the following day that Yang Zhi has long been prepared for this battle, and Liu Xi did not retreat to Gyeongju when he retreated from Huanzhou. Sect Elder, don't you think this is strange?"

"Not surprising. Zong Ze leaned his body on the pillow behind him, gasped and said: "Yang Zhi doesn't care about the number of troops in the war, what he cares about is whether there are people who will escape from the battle, Wang Yu is not trusted by Yang Zhi, so he was left in Gyeongju to hold on; under normal circumstances, Wang Yu is no problem for the last ten days and eight days, and Yang Zhi only needs two days to mobilize the army." But Zhao Bin's rebellion made this matter unexpected, King Yun, he can't mess with the camp. ”

Zong Ze didn't say much, he believed that Zhao Kai knew the importance of Yang Zhi and his innocence in this matter, but Zhao Kai was bewitched by a group of so-called cronies, and he had a bit of a taste of scaring himself; Zhao Kai slowly calmed down, looked at the white-haired Zong Ze, and said softly: "There are still doubts in this matter, and we can't jump to conclusions." For now, it is better to deal with the affairs of Western Xia first and let Yang Zhi be in charge of negotiations. But I can't believe the reason you said, I want to check it and find out. ”

Zhao Kai still insisted on his own ideas, and Zong Ze had no choice; Yang Zhi was almost self-contained in the Dingbei Army, and he had gathered countless followers under his command, and his power was almost equal to that of Taiyuan chess and drums. Zong Ze knew that Zhao Kai had made up his mind, so he could only nod helplessly; Zhao Kai sighed, and was silent for a moment before saying: "Actually, I can't find anything, if Yang Zhi is really calculating, he will definitely make proper arrangements, and there can't be any clues;

Zong Ze said with a smile: "The prince is entangled, since this is the case, why not put Qingyang Mansion under the direct management of Taiyuan?"

Zhao Kai suddenly woke up, he looked forward and backward, isn't he afraid that the people of Qingyang Mansion will not dare to tell the truth because of Yang Zhi's official position, as long as he arranges Qingyang Mansion into his own hands, he still doesn't want to investigate how to investigate; after Zhao Kai went back, he announced the reconstruction of Huanqing Road and changed Qingyang Mansion to Taiyuan direct management.

At the same time, Zhao Kai proposed to set up Youwei Road in Youzhou, Wuyuan County, Weizhou, Xining Prefecture, and Huanzhou, with Quduan as the economic and strategic envoy; Suiheng Road in Suizhou and Hengshan Prefecture, with Sun Ang as the economic envoy, and Dingbian Town as the government of Hengshan Prefecture; Huanqing Road was to set up a new Yuanzhou in the south of Qingyang Prefecture, and merged with Zhenrongjun and other places with Yaozhou and other places in the Weinan Pacification Division to form the original Yao Road, with Lu Yi as the economic and strategic envoy; Yang Yizhong took over as the Jingyuan Road Economic and Strategic Envoy, and Shaanxi Zhifu Division had jurisdiction over Jingyuan Road, Yuanyao Road, Xihe Road, Qinfeng Road, and Youwei Road.