After returning from the outskirts of the city, Li Xia took Deng Yan to the military camp in the east of the city.
This time they did not ride in a carriage, but rode on horseback. Willow trees could be seen everywhere along the rivers and channels.
There are also some newly dug canals with only willow branches planted beside them. Maybe if we wait another ten years, the scenery in Chang'an will be even better.
There are many small details like this that make people feel that Chang'an will be better in the future, bringing a sense of vitality.
In comparison, you will find that Lin'an is bleak...
The military camp is located in Lintong, east of Bashui. As soon as you enter the camp, you can feel a solemn atmosphere.
Looking around, I saw many soldiers standing in long lines on the school field.
A wooden platform was erected on the school grounds, with the word "Dian" hanging on it, and on both sides were two elegiac couplets written in white and black.
"The hero's spirit lives on forever, and the people from all over the world are united in support of him."
Li Xia turned over and dismounted and said: "The news of General Wang's death reached Chang'an a few days ago. There are many of his old troops in the army when he was in Sichuan and Shu, and there are also people who admire him from all over the world. They all want to pay homage to him, so we arranged
After a while.”
Deng Yan said: "More than a month ago, I submitted a letter to the palace gate and met General Wang. He is truly a hero."
"I heard that his health has not been very good these past few years in Lin'an. Please put some incense on it."
"I think so too."
Li Xia was wearing plain clothes today and did not publicize his identity. Several of the accompanying guards showed their badges and stood at the end of the queue.
He was the king of Qin who was busy with everything. He usually did not forget to review some official documents when he met with his ministers, but at this time he stood there quietly. He neither spoke to Deng Yan nor dealt with other matters.
Soon, sergeants from other places came and lined up behind them.
King Qin was buried in the crowd, no different from an ordinary pawn.
Deng Yan glanced at Li Xia from time to time, knowing that Li Xia must be recalling the days when he and Wang Jian fought side by side in Diaoyu City.
No matter who has had such an experience, they can be proud of it for the rest of their lives.
Deng Shan also yearned for it.
They waited in line until it got dark, and then it was finally their turn to board the wooden platform.
I saw a coffin placed on the stage, and inside the coffin was a piece of iron armor. The armor was full of traces of swords, guns, swords and halberds, and was quite broken.
Li Xia put on the incense, whispered something, turned around and left.
Only Deng Yan in the back vaguely heard "Recover the rivers and mountains to comfort the general's spirit in heaven..."
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At night, Li Xia entered Chang'an City and was greeted by Jiang Fan who was waiting at the city gate.
"Kings."
"What's the matter?"
"Our people have found out the details of General Wang's death..."
Jiang Fan talked for a while, and Li Xia sighed and said, "I understand."
"As the young man of the Wang family said, Jia Sidao is really hateful."
"Maybe."
Li Xia didn't have much reaction to what Jia Sidao did. Instead, he thought about whether he would tell Wang Jian the truth if he was in Lin'an.
Soon, another attendant arrived from the front.
"The king is back. A messenger from Lin'an asked to see him. He waited at the gate of the palace for a day..."
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What surprised Li Xia was that Jia Sidao did not send anyone this time, and the messenger who came was actually from the queen.
"I have met the King of Qin. His servant Cao Xi is the eunuch in charge of the Queen's palace, and he is following the imperial edict."
Cao Xi looks a bit like a boy or a girl, but I don't know if it's because he is a eunuch.
This man is somewhat clever, seems quite likable, and is respectful to Li Xia.
But Li Xia didn't believe in the "official oracle".
Jia Sidao didn't send anyone, and it was even less likely that Zhao Fu would do so.
"It's not easy for you to come all the way."
"Slave, thank you King Qin for your understanding. We took a boat all the way. When we arrived at Jinghu Lake, we met Empress Dowager Yang's grandnephew, General Yang of Yangzhen."
Yang Zhen is Li Xia's friend who played Cuju together when they were in Lin'an.
On the night when the late emperor died, Yang Zhen might have been inspired by Li Xia, so he changed his past dandy habits and became a general in the Jinghu army, and did a good job.
What he means by doing well is that the generals in Jinghu do more business, and Yangzhen has a lot of friends, which is his strength. In recent years, he has also often smuggled with Shu.
Cao Xi mentioned Yang Zhen on purpose, meaning that he had opened up a way to get here.
Sure enough, Li Xia's attitude towards him was a little better.
"So you have a good relationship with Brother Yang?"
Cao Xi quickly agreed with a smile, and handed the gift list to Li Xia, and then said mysteriously: "Can you ask the King of Qin to retreat? I hope that I can report to the King of Qin alone if I have something to do."
After that, without waiting for Li Xia to answer, he raised his hands and said: "This slave has been searched, and there is not a hard thing on her body."
One of the guards in the hall couldn't hold it back and laughed, secretly cursing that the eunuch was a bit of a joker.
"Go down."
"yes."
Cao Xi rolled his eyes, and when he saw the others really retreating, he said, "I wonder if King Qin still remembers the Queen?"
"If you have something to say, just say it."
"The queen sent her slaves this time. She did not dare to make any conditions to the King of Qin. She only told the King of Qin one thing. Jia Sidao, Lu Wende is ready for war and is even contacting Meng Yuan..."
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"threaten me?"
"Don't dare, never dare to threaten King Qin. The Queen really just wants to remind King Qin to be careful, because...she has offended Jia Sidao."
Li Xia glanced at the letter on his head. It was sent by Wang Cui's envoy.
At this time, he understood what Quan Jiu was referring to by "offending Jia Sidao".
But he still asked: "Why?"
"I can't tell the King of Qin the specific reason, and I don't know, but I ask the King of Qin to trust the Queen."
Li Xia was a little impatient and said directly: "What does she want?"
"I don't want anything." Cao Xi said, "I just want the King of Qin to remember today's reminder. It is to send goose feathers from thousands of miles away, but the courtesy is light and the affection is heavy."
Only then did Li Xia understand what Quan Jiu wanted to do.
Send someone to make contact and use Lu Wende's military arrangements as a favor to Jia Sidao. If you can scare him, the border will be peaceful; if you can't scare him, then use his power to attack Jia Sidao; at the same time, there is another
The intention is to win over and win his favor.
The way women think about problems is really different from men. Or it could be that Quan Jiu himself has no strength and can only deal with the power field like this.
Li Xia looked down upon her method, and it was not very interesting to fight in a small way.
"Your Song court really opened my eyes. I was ready to launch an army to conquer the Song Dynasty, but you are still fighting among yourself."
"Please think again, King Qin. As long as the people are not harmed by the flames of war, the Queen can find a way to do whatever King Qin wants..."
"enough."
Li Xia suddenly shouted and said: "Don't think that your Song Dynasty is a woman who can have both sides. After you have coaxed Meng Yuan, you come to coax me again. You want peace, are you crazy?"
Cao Xi shrank his neck and was frightened.
But after he calmed down for a while, he secretly thought that Li Xia's metaphor was really apt.
In fact, Cao Xi didn't quite understand Quan Jiu's thoughts, so he complained to the queen for sending him all the way away.
Now that Li Xia said it, he fully understood the matter.
I even have pictures in my mind...
Quanjiu said, "Brother Kublai Khan, please don't come to attack the Nu family." He turned around and begged Li Xia, "The Nu family and Kublai Khan are just playing around, please don't be angry, okay?"
He just wanted to get these two men to sit down and be friendly.
After clarifying it in this way, Cao Xi could speak the words Quan Jiu explained more smoothly.
"The queen knew that King Qin had great military exploits, but considering that the wars had been going on for years and needed a rest, she did not stop the peace talks and helped King Qin hide his power and bide his time."
When he said this, he was still thinking about the scene of the man and woman, as if he saw Quan Jiu saying, "The slave family just sees that you are injured, and wants you to recover from your injuries before attacking, but you want to get angry at the slave family."
,snort."
Cao Xi understood this more and more, and spoke more and more energetically. He felt that he was really going to successfully calm down Li Xia's anger and resolve a war.
However, Li Xia had already recruited the guards of the Prince of Qin's Palace.
"Take him down."
"King Qin, please calm down. This servant is really doing the best for King Qin."
"Go back and tell your master that I have experienced her sending goose feathers thousands of miles away. On the day Lin'an City is destroyed... I will repay her."
Cao Xi was surprised again.
Although he was a eunuch who knew nothing, he could still feel the differences between the two regimes along the way.
Especially the huge difference between Li Xia and the official Zhao Yu made him vaguely feel that "Lin'an city was destroyed" was not a lie...
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"Are we really going to start a war?"
"Won't."
In Lin'an City, Jia Sidao was playing chess with Liao Yingzhong. When they talked about state affairs, Jia Sidao was very confident.
"The official... is actually the queen. She can't keep her temper. She really thinks that Li Xia will raise an army. But does Li Xia have the troops, money, food, and ships? No, he can't fight. It's just building momentum."
"But proclaiming emperor is true."
"It's true." Jia Sidao made a move and said, "So he is bluffing to scare us and prepare for becoming emperor."
"Take one step, but pretend to take three steps."
"That's what it means."
"But, what if a war really breaks out?"
"We dare to fight, and we can fight. The Song Dynasty is not a weakling that can be pinched by anyone. Every time the Liao, Jin, and Meng thought they could destroy the Song Dynasty, they all ended up defeated."
When Jia Sidao said this, he shook his head and said: "When Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor, he fought four battles with the Song Dynasty through Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan, Linfufeng, and Dingchuanzhai, and fought with the Liao Dynasty through the Battle of Hequ, and then he was able to consolidate
To stabilize the three-point world structure, as for Li Xia... his strength is far inferior to that of Li Yuanhao, and there is still a long way to go."
"Li Yuanhao?" Liao Yingzhong pondered.
"My judgment will not be wrong."
"Li Xia has a long way to go, but when we first compared him to Yu Jie and Wu Xi, he is now compared to Li Yuanhao. How many years has he been like?"