Zhang Shiheng is indeed a descendant of Zhang Yuan, the former prime minister of Western Xia, and the nephew of Zhang Yanyi, the head of the Xixia Paradise Hall, who broke his soul with a knife; Zhang Yuan, a native of Huayin County, Huazhou, Yongxingjun Road, of the Song Dynasty, was unable to perform his own talents, so he decided to rebel against the Song Dynasty and surrender to Xia. Zhang Shiheng was stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Could it be that Chief Yang was promoted to be the helmsman of the Guan Middle School faction, and his words are as powerful as martial arts." ”

Yang Zhi put on a heartfelt look and said: "Brother Zhang, Ling Zu is also a momentary anger, I feel that I can't display my talents in the Central Plains, so I will go to Xixia, but the Han nationality is an outsider to the party people, and there are no more than three generations of glory and wealth, so Uncle Zhang Yanyi takes a name similar to the ancients, isn't it just that I hope not to be remembered, I have lurked in the Liao Kingdom, and I know the sadness in it." ”

Zhang Shiheng couldn't cry or laugh, looked at Yang Zhi and said, "Yang Daxia has something to say. ”

Yang Zhi nodded and said: "If Brother Zhang is willing to join my Dingbei Army, he will at least be a state defense envoy in the future, don't look at my Dingbei Army is now limited to one place, and the future development of King Yun is unpredictable." Brother Zhang, don't think I'm fake, you can wait for our army to defeat the five states of Yin, Sui, Xia, You, and Jing before making a decision. ”

Zhang Shiheng and Wen Bohu were shocked at the same time, when Western Xia started, there were only five states of Xia, Sui, Yin, You, and Jing, Yang Zhizhen was about to reach this point, plus Taiyuan and Yunzhong, the Dingbei Army was already another Western Xia. Zhang Shiheng was silent, weighing the pros and cons, this matter is very risky, but the benefits are even greater, and the most important thing is what if Yang Zhi fails and fails to recover the five states? Zhang Shiheng knows very well that the majestic posture of the Dingbei Army was fought by Yang Zhi single-handedly, and in fact, success or failure can almost be said to be determined by Yang Zhi alone.

Zhang Shiheng hesitated for a long time and asked cautiously, "Yang Daxia, with our current relationship, can you tell me the truth, what are your chances of winning?"

Yang Zhi glanced at him and said with a smile: "The Western Xia army is claimed to be 600,000, and the army I can use is not even 60,000, so you are worried that I have other plans, I am not used to saying anything nice, and it is impossible to be duplicitous, and I am not sure of it." But Brother Zhang is a businessman, and he should know that the greater the risk, the greater the gain after success. ”

Yang Zhi's meaning is very clear, if he takes hundreds of thousands of troops to the west, he will not talk to you Zhang Shiheng about any conditions at all; Zhang Shiheng didn't care, he smiled and said: "Yang Daxia swept the Hetao, and the troops have been exposed to the sun, so unless the cities behind you and Jing have the strength to fight a decisive battle with you, I am afraid they will stick to the main, the art of war, ten times the siege of the city, to be honest, I don't even have the confidence of Yicheng." ”

Yang Zhi glanced at Zhang Shiheng meaningfully, and said meaningfully: "This is a secret of our army, and it cannot be leaked, so I asked Brother Zhang to wait until after our army occupies Wuzhou." ”

Zhang Shiheng showed disdain, a trace of surprise flashed in his heart, with Yang Zhi's status today, even if the soldiers are not tired of cheating, there is no need to be so coy, Zhang Shiheng found that he and Xixia still do not know enough about Yang Zhi, since this is the case, it is better to bring these two thousand people back first, and it can be regarded as an explanation for giving up Volcano Town. Zhang Shiheng arched his hand and asked: "Since this is the case, I will wait for Yang Daxia's good news, but I don't know how many materials I can take to leave?" Qingfeng Literature

Zhang Shiheng is really a person who does things, seeing that he can't get more information, so he just talks about a little reality; Yang Zhi laughed and said: "Now you and I need to explain, you leave all the goods, gold and silver, and leave with more than 2,000 people for two days' rations and fifty horses, I don't want there to be spies from Western Xia in Volcano Town." ”

Zhang Shiheng had nearly 200 horses and more than 40 carts in Volcano Town, and when he heard Yang Zhi say this, Zhang Shiheng knew that Yang Zhi had inquired about his situation very clearly; the caravans traveling north and south rarely came to Volcano Town, and most of them went directly to Black Mountain in the northwest direction, but now it seems that there are still a lot of detailed work activities. Zhang Shiheng's expression was solemn, he looked at Yang Zhi and sighed and said: "Two days' rations, do you want us to go to Qizhou?" Sure enough, it is a good idea, as soon as the number of people and horses in the Guye River increases, the Zhe family does not dare to move at all, and Zhe Kefu can only obediently withdraw from Volcano Town like me. ”

"What you should be thinking about is the Silver State. Yang Zhi frowned, his eyes were fierce: "The Guye River is now leaderless, and there are only more than a thousand people left. ”

Zhang Shiheng shook his head, and said in silence for a long time: "I don't have the courage to go deep alone without you, and also until now, I don't believe that you really dare to attack Western Xia, I don't believe it." Once you can't get out of the Hetao, the Jin people will definitely attack the clouds when they see an opportunity, and then you will be in a two-front battle, and any big move is illusory. ”

Yang Zhi said with a hint of banter on his face: "Ren Dejing and Wan Yan Gao don't think so, they both want to be yellow finch, not praying mantis." For the Jin people, it is not in their interests for you to occupy the four states of the Tiande Army, and the more we attack you, the more we will make you bow your heads and agree to the plan of jointly attacking the Great Song Dynasty; ”

Zhang Shiheng was taken aback, and then said with a smile on his face: "I am interested in Yang Daxia's proposal, I will keep it secret and wait and see the situation." ”

Anyway, it was a no-loss deal, Zhang Shiheng didn't want to do a war of words anymore, and after saying goodbye and going back, he ordered the handover of all the commodities and materials, so that the Xixia people together packed up and purchased food; Zhang Shiheng brought a list and various contracts when he came to Henggu Village again, and Yang Zhi accepted the promise to let Zhang Shiheng take away two thousand Xixia captives and retreat to the southwest, as long as the unfinished transaction is true, except for the transaction of the Western Xia, the other northern and southern lines will continue to be completed.

As for Zhang Shiheng's choice of Guyehe or Yinzhou, Yang Zhi didn't ask, Jile Tang has its own intelligence network and transmission method, since Zhang Shiheng is Zhang Yanyi's nephew, there is no reason not to use it. Zhi Kefu was very helpless when he got the news of Zhang Shiheng's departure, and Zhi Keqiu had already informed Qizhou that he could not send troops to come, the Western Xia people retreated, and the situation of the Volcano Army could no longer be changed. After thinking about it again and again, the person who left the business name temporarily returned to Qizhou with his henchmen to watch the wind.

Lei Heng successfully took over the volcanic town and began to transport some of the supplies to Shuozhou; Che Dongxing also came back with Yue Fei's letter, Yang Zhi ordered Yang Yi and others to put on a posture of rebuilding the water protection village by the Yellow River, but he personally led the guards to inspect at dusk the next day, and the 3,000 Dingbei army rushed to Jingzhou.