The summer in Chang'an City was a little sweltering, and Yang Kang was looking through the information from the Quanzhen Sect in the study, most of which were from Mobei.

No matter how reluctant Yin Zhiping is, in order to ease the relationship with the Jin State, he will abide by the agreement, not to mention that His Royal Highness did not interfere too much in the affairs of the Quanzhen Sect, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

The group of Quanzhen Taoist priests who were sent to Mobei two years ago have already taken root in the grassland and have a large number of believers, and there is no restriction on this, after all, the Quanzhen Taoist priests have brought knowledge from the Central Plains, which can improve the lives of herdsmen, which is a good thing.

The news was a bit scattered, but one thing could be seen from it, there was a large-scale conscription and reorganization of the army on the grassland, and one or two men from each herdsman household had to go out to fight, and as long as they were fourteen years old on the grassland, they were considered men, and there was a reserve army of teenagers between the ages of ten and fourteen.

Such a large-scale conquest was a prelude to expansion, and the Western Xia and Jin were undoubtedly the targets of the Mongols, and according to Yang Kang's speculation, the target of Temujin's attack this time would be the Western Xia, and the situation in the Western Xia Dynasty had been turbulent, and the domestic people were struggling to make a living, and the armament was lax, making it easier to conquer.

Troubled times are finally coming!

His Royal Highness put down the information in his hand, he was a little worried in his heart, and at the same time a little excited, he was not a belligerent person, if he traveled to the peaceful and prosperous times, he would rather be a little person who mixed up and waited for death, and would rather be a peaceful dog than a person in the troubled world, and he would die at any time in the troubled times.

But he traveled to this era, which he couldn't choose, he crossed over to become the little prince of the Jin Kingdom, which was also impossible to choose, since he crossed over, he has been working hard to change his living situation, wanting to create a broader living space for himself.

It seems to be not bad at the moment, at least don't worry about dying in the hands of Xiao Huang Rong, Hong Qigong and Huang Yaoshi should be on his side, otherwise Huang Yaoshi will not let Mei Chaofeng come over, although he can't control the Quanzhen Sect yet, but it is possible that everything will go well in life.

However, the overlord of the steppe is a problem that he and this era cannot avoid, and throughout the entire history of China, there will only be a Temujin for thousands of years, but he does not want to be bumped into by him.

Just as traveling to the end of the Warring States period and meeting Qin Shi Huang, crossing to the end of the Sui Dynasty and meeting Li Shimin, and crossing to the end of the Yuan Dynasty and meeting Zhu Yuanzhang, this is undoubtedly the tragedy of the traverser, and what is even more tragic than these is that he traveled to the end of the Song Dynasty and met Temujin, the founder of the Great Yuan Empire who conquered most of the world with his Mongolian iron horse.

Thinking of this, Yang Kang couldn't help but show a wry smile, there was still a big gap between him and this hero, he only hoped that Wanyan Honglie could hold on for a few more years, leaving him more time for development, and even if he still couldn't compete with Temujin, at least he had the capital to protect himself.

He walked out of the study and into the courtyard, looking at the children who were practicing hard, these children were his future team.

At this time, Qian Qingjian came over and told him that someone from Yang Kang's palace was coming, and it was Li Chengzhen, the prince of Western Xia who left a month ago, and Tang Zude came with Li Chengzhen.

This former captain of the Zhao Palace's guards has now become the deputy commander of the palace Yulin Army, which can be described as chūn proud, and after receiving Li Chengzhen, Yang Kang and Tang Zude came to the study.

"Lord, this is the emperor's secret decree to you. Tang Zude carefully took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over.

Yang Kang took the letter and looked at it, without any expression on his face, he put the letter on the table casually, and showed a gentle smile at Tang Zude.

"This king knows, you are the old man of Zhao Wangfu, don't be too restrained here. Yang Kang smiled and said, "Does my father have any other orders?"

"The emperor ordered, let the young general follow the prince in the future, and serve before and after the saddle. Tang Zude said sincerely.

"It's still the father's thoughtfulness, and he sent you just right, this king is lacking an old man who knows the roots, and those newcomers are not very easy to use. Yang Kang said happily, "You will still be in charge of the guards of the palace in the future, with you here, this king can rest assured." ”

"Yes, the young general will never live up to the high expectations of the prince. Tang Zude saluted respectfully.

Yang Kang looked at the back of Tang Zude leaving, his face turned cold, it seemed that Yan Honglie was still not at ease with himself.

When he left the central capital, he didn't bring a single slave from the Zhao Palace, only Qian Qingjian alone, and he didn't expect that just a few months later, the emperor would send someone to monitor.

Maybe it was his killing of Zhao Zhijing that caused Wanyan Honglie's jǐng awakening, or maybe it was because of other things, in short, Wanyan Honglie sent Tang Zude over, and there was no secret in the British Prince's Mansion from then on.

Yang Kang didn't have any good way to do this, he could neither get rid of Tang Zude, nor kill Tang Zude, he could only wait and see, he picked up the secret decree, and read it carefully, Wanyan Honglie actually asked him to help Li Chengzhen go to Western Xia to seize the imperial power.

Is this a temptation or is there really no one available in Dajin Country?

His Royal Highness the King of England thought hard, this is very likely a means for Wanyan Honglie to test whether he has ambitions, if he helps Li Chengzhen successfully seize the imperial power of Western Xia, then there will be a certain amount of power in Western Xia, and Wanyan Honglie will be even more jǐngti.

But if you don't go to Xixia, you will disobey the holy decree, and if you don't succeed in going to Xixia, you will be disadvantaged, the best way is to have a serious illness immediately, and then shirk this tricky errand, but just now, both Li Chengzhen and Tang Zude saw that they were jumping around and there was nothing, do you want to go crazy at night?

Yang Kang didn't want to go to Western Xia, Western Xia couldn't stop Temujin, it was really interesting to regain the imperial power of Western Xia, but at this time he had no choice, Wanyan Honglie blocked his retreat, he could only go to Western Xia, and then be charged with doing something unfavorable, which was much lighter than the crime of resisting the decree.

Wanyan Honglie's move is also helpless, now it is at the moment when Temujin is going to attack Western Xia, he can't send troops to help Li Chengzhen restore the country, otherwise the emperor of Western Xia, Li Zunxuan, may immediately surrender to Temujin, that is more than worth the loss, Wanyan Honglie wants to control Xixia, but also doesn't want to cause too much shock.

He thought of Akang, who was far away in Chang'an City, so let this son go to Xixia to give it a try, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, the loss is not big, and he can also test Akang's sincerity.

Li Chengzhen, the prince of Western Xia, was disappointed with this trip to the central capital, in addition to verbal support, Wanyan Honglie did not send a single soldier, but just asked him to come to Chang'an City to find His Royal Highness, believing that with the help of His Royal Highness, the matter will be resolved satisfactorily.

This is a lie!

Li Chengzhen is not a three-year-old child, he knows that he does not have any bargaining chips to impress the emperor of the Jin State except for the identity of a prince, but it is the blood of his Western Xia royal family that makes him qualified to become the emperor of Western Xia, but God does not give him a chance, and there are no soldiers and horses to talk about recovering the country.

So when King Wan Yankang agreed to go with him to Western Xia to seize the imperial power, Li Chengzhen thought that this young prince was joking, and His Royal Highness only brought a blind woman, not even a team of guards.

Is this going to die?

Yang Kang wanted to say, I was also forced to be helpless, just go to Xixia and come back, don't have too much hope, but what came out of his mouth was another word.

"Brother Chengzhen, Xiao Wang is moved by the god of jīng who is determined to restore the country, and is determined to go to the dangerous place with you, fight hard, how can we be intimidated by the difficulties in front of us, there are conditions to go on, there are no conditions to create zào conditions, instead of wasting a lifetime, it is better to sacrifice your life to fight for a future. Yang Kang said impassionedly.

Mei Chaofeng shook her body slightly, she knew that this kid was fooling people again, because Yang Kang had said such things to her just now.

"Aunt Mei, let's not do anything this time, once you encounter danger, you just run away with me, don't care about the lives of others. ”

Li Chengzhen heard the bold words of His Royal Highness the King of England, and a sense of pride suddenly arose in his heart, although he didn't know why His Royal Highness the King of England wanted to accompany him to Western Xia, but a young man in the Jin Kingdom had such pride, as the prince of Western Xia, didn't he have the determination to die?

In this way, the two princes and their respective retinues set out on the westward journey.

In the grasslands of Mobei, there was a busy scene everywhere, and with Temujin's order, the Mongolian man who had just been conscripted into the army picked up a knife and gun and began his military career.

The men of Mobei are born warriors, they can ride horses and arrows since they were young, they don't need training, the battlefield is the best training ground, only the men who survive the baptism of blood are the real men, they are not afraid of death, they want to conquer, they want to kill, they want to get better living conditions.

"General Mu, there is a military order from above, we are the vanguard army attacking Western Xia. A sergeant came running to report.

"Let the soldiers get ready, and set off in three days. General Mu commanded.

This General Mu is Yang Tiexin who came to the Mobei grassland, he originally came to find Li Ping's mother and son, but how to find the vast grassland, the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan also looked for several years before meeting Guo Jing, Guo Jing was not famous at this time, and Li Ping was even more unknown.

Yang Tiexin didn't expect these two people to be by Temujin's side, he only looked for it among the herdsmen, two years passed in a hurry, he still found nothing, just happened to meet the big conscription on the grassland, he was arrested, for this he and the Mongolian sergeants had a fierce fight, the Yang family's marksmanship is really extraordinary, dozens of Mongolian sergeants are not his opponents, and they happened to be seen by Mu Huali passing by.

Mu Huali was one of the four heroes under Temujin, responsible for the vanguard of the attack on Western Xia, he saw that Yang Tiexin's marksmanship was good, suitable for battlefield combat, and was a rare talent, so he personally invited Yang Tiexin into the camp and asked him to serve as a partial general in the army and lead an army.

Yang Tiexin couldn't shirk it, so he had to agree, he searched hard alone for two years without results, thinking that if he could have some subordinates, through the relationship with the high-level Mongolian generals, it would be easier to find the sister-in-law of the Guo family.

Three years later, Yang Tiexin led the sergeant towards Western Xia, and the troubled times began.

It's the best of times and it's the worst of times. (To be continued.) )