Bai Shengying could not go with him, but he sent his sister Bai Shengxi to go with Ma Hanshan.
Ma Hanshan just hoped that there would be someone to guide him when he arrived in the Xixia Kingdom. It didn't matter which one of them accompanied him. Bai Shengxi looked quite pleasant and would be a good companion.
In the afternoon, Ma Hanshan finally received news from Bi Liancheng. It turned out that Bi Liancheng was arranged by Bi Jiyu to leave the city immediately after receiving the imperial edict yesterday. He left the city in a very low-key manner, taking only three or four skilled masters and a scribe.
Peers.
Of course, Bi Jiyu gave him face-to-face instructions and asked him to meet Ma Hanshan on the road.
The old guy knew very well that the success of this trip to the West Gorge would not depend on his adopted son, but on the monster Ma Hanshan.
When it comes to negotiations, among the neighboring countries of Xixia, Xifan and Dali, the most difficult thing to negotiate is Xixia.
First of all, Xixia's current national strength is good, and he is in an extremely favorable geographical location and international power. Song, Hu, and Meng all want to win over him and hope that he will be on their side. Anyone from the three countries can defeat him.
No one can defeat them, and they dare not fight for a long time, because no matter which side wants to attack the Xixia with all its strength, the other two countries will not be idle and will definitely create something on the border.
Therefore, Xixia now has a tea ceremony with three families, or even four families. Xifan is already weak, and he can provoke him at any time to grab some cattle, horses, food, women, etc. Although Xixia has a small population, it has a large plateau grassland and a large area in the south.
There is a lot of fertile land, so there are still resources. It is quite fun to occasionally bully and extort something.
Xixia is difficult to talk about. There is another historical reason. Xixia is different from countries such as Dali and Northern Mongolia. This is because most of the land in Xixia originally belonged to the Central Kingdom. It was a country that was separated only after the chaos in the world before the founding of Dasong.
. Its nature is completely different from that of countries such as Dali and Tibet. Although these countries have also submitted to and merged with the central power, they are still one country. It is just because of the sudden changes in the international situation and the strength of the country that the time is right.
For this reason, before Dasong moved south, Xixia had always only proclaimed himself king but did not dare to proclaim himself emperor. After Dasong was invaded and moved south by Donghu, the king of Xixia became more eager and felt that his opportunity had come, and he and Xifan
After fighting a few fights and grabbing some land, they fought a few more with Dong Hu to grab some land, and then they actually claimed the title of emperor. Xixia, who was called the queen, had been preparing for these years, hoping that one day she would go east and take over the Central Plains.
Become the true emperor of the Central Plains.
You can imagine how difficult it is to negotiate with such a country.
However, when Ma Hanshan received the news about Bi Jiyu, he was furious. He wanted to come and scold the old guy. Damn it, he actually asked Ma Hanshan to meet Bi Liancheng in Xiangyang. However, Ma Hanshan had no intention of taking this route at all.
The route was too difficult to walk, so what he wanted to do was go north from Lin'an, enter the hinterland of Nanjing Road in Donghu, and then go west again.
A large area of Nanjing Road and Hedongnan Road in Donghu is a flat land. The roads are easy to walk. Whether you are horse racing or riding a car, you can travel hundreds of miles a day very comfortably. There are two options for turning westward from Nanjing Road.
The nearest route is of course to go west along the state capitals along Dushui, Yingzhou, Caizhou, Dengzhou and then from Wuguan to Jingzhaofu Road in Donghu, and then from east to west through Jingzhaofu Road and Fengxiang Road from the west
The Jingsai Army in the Xixia Gorge reached the Xishou Baotai Army and entered the Xixia.
Another route is to enter Yingzhou, continue to walk northwest, pass through Ruzhou, Songzhou, Shaanzhou West, exit Tongguan, enter Huazhou, pass Yaozhou, and go northwest, starting from the Jingsai Army and Jianing Army in the Xixia
Enter Xixia and go straight to Xingqing Mansion.
Because of Bi Jiyu's chaotic arrangements, in order to make it easier to meet Bi Liancheng, Ma Hanshan can only choose the first route to meet Bi Liancheng in Dengzhou.
In fact, the better meeting point is Jingzhao Mansion. However, Ma Hanshan was worried about what problems would happen to Bi Liancheng's goods when they passed through Donghu, so he decided to meet at Dengzhou, then enter Jingzhao Road and then go westward from Lanquan on Linzhao Road to enter Xixia.
Zhuolu City, and then go north to Xingqingfu, the capital of Xixia.
The reason why Mahanshan goes this way is because Wang Zhitan and Si Xingfang operate the Jingzhaofu Road and Fengxiang Road areas. They have very reliable relationships and can ensure a smooth transit into the Xixia.
Although there were not many of them, there were more than ten people in total. Even if they were disguised as a caravan, more than ten people walking together would be more eye-catching. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Ma Hanshan decided to use Wang Zhitan's relationship.
.
He wrote a letter and gave it to the people from the Bureau of Social Affairs to chase and send it to Bi Liancheng, asking him to speed up and then meet up in Dengzhou.
The next day, before dawn, Ma Hanshan sent out the four-wheeled carriage he was riding in, and also asked Su Ying to sit in the carriage. As if he was afraid that others would not see it, he even deliberately opened a window.
After the four-wheeled carriage went out, Mahanshan sent another boat north along the Grand Canal.
Next, a group of horsemen were sent. 258 wore his clothes and sat on the most splendid horse, heading westward with the sound of hoofbeats.
"Mazhai Master, what are you doing?" Bai Shengxi was very puzzled as to what he was doing.
"Oh, I don't want others to know that Sister Xi and I are on the road together. We have put out a few pretexts and now we can leave." Ma Hanshan said casually.
Haha, he didn't care who others said he was with. He did this because he didn't want those who were staring at him to know that he had left Lin'an so quickly. Who was staring at him? Ma Hanshan really didn't know, but he guessed
, someone must be watching me.
When the sky brightened, Ma Hanshan took Xiaoyue and two security guards, 147 and 369, as well as Bai Shengxi, Si Xingfang, Wang Zhitan and others to set off. They would cross Dushui in Shouchun and then enter Donghu.
From Shouzhou to Yingzhou, go west along the largest official road to Dengzhou.
Not long after, when they arrived in Shouchun, Meng Zhong, who had already received the news, held a banquet in his honor. Ma Hanshan was not polite and led everyone to have a big meal. After resting for a long time, they crossed the river and met the people who drove to greet him in Shouzhou.
This is arranged by Shen Lang, which means that there are people along the route, which makes it easier to move. Moreover, with people from the Social Investigation Bureau accompanying him, Ma Hanshan can get the latest information to Songhu and Hu in the shortest possible time.
Obtaining information is Mahanshan's original idea for establishing the Social Investigation Bureau. Mastering information is very important.
Although the journey from Shouzhou to Dengzhou is more than a thousand miles and both are within the territory of Donghu, the Social Regulation Bureau has made arrangements and management along the way, which eliminates the hassle of finding top-notch accommodations, daily driving distances and stopping points, and the Social Regulation Bureau's
All the people were well arranged, and even though they had to travel two to three hundred miles every day, the people and horses were not very tired. Of course, the physical fitness of so many people was related to the good horses prepared along the way.
Everyone changed horses every day. Although Ma Hanshan rode the sweaty horse and ran two to three hundred miles a day without feeling tired, he felt sorry for the horse, so he took an extra horse along the way. He rode the sweaty horse for half a day, and then rode another horse for half a day.
horse.
At noon on the fifth day after leaving Shouzhou, they finally arrived in Dengzhou.
However, Bi Liancheng and his party, who set out two days earlier than them, still had two days to arrive in Dengzhou.
After all, their physical fitness is different, and the road is not that easy to walk. Although Bi Liancheng and the others took a closer route, and there were horses to replace them at the inn, their speed on the road was still much slower than that of Mahanshan and the others.
Two days later, Bi Liancheng arrived. Seeing that they were really tired, Ma Hanshan decided to rest for one more night and rush into Jingzhao Mansion the next day.
There are still hundreds of miles to go from Dengzhou to Jingzhao Prefecture. However, Jingzhao Prefecture is the old capital of several dynasties, and the surrounding roads are very wide. Whether you are horse racing or driving, the speed is not slow. Ma Hanshan plans to spend two days to get there.
Go to Jingzhao Mansion, and then find out where Hu Ju is and what is going on with Li Zhixiao, who is on an envoy to Donghu, before leaving.
Hu Ju's itinerary must be combined with Dong Hu's negotiations, because this is to put pressure on Dong Hu. It won't work if it's early or late. Only the right time can get the maximum benefit.
Two days later, when they arrived at Jingzhao Mansion at the expected time of Mahanshan, Wang Zhitan arranged for them to stay near Baqiao, which was exactly what Mahanshan wanted, because it was not far from the Jingzhao Mansion site of the Bureau of Social Regulation.
In fact, although Lin'an had publicly sent envoys to Xixia, Xifan and Dali, no one saw the envoys leave Lin'an, because both Yu Jie and Bi Liancheng left quietly. And the people from Xifan were even more confused.
The mystery is actually random. It was not sent from the capital. Instead, the emperor sent the imperial edict to Bi Liancheng and sent it to Xiangfan and Gai Rencong. Xiangfan sent people to Xibo... So, in fact, Ma Hanshan cannot blame Bi Ji for meeting the old man.
Because Bi Liancheng still has another mission.
Therefore, many people have always thought that the envoys from Xixia, Xibo and Dali have not yet left the capital. Even if they knew that Bi Liancheng had left the capital, they soon discovered that the traces of Bi Liancheng had been lost, and the envoys with a light chariot and simple obedience were gone.
This is gone.
Compared with other envoys, Hu Ju is still leisurely traveling in the hinterland to the west, walking dozens of miles every day, and the scenery is very beautiful. Therefore, everyone in the world knows that they are envoys to Northern Mongolia, and everyone in the world knows that they are envoys to Northern Mongolia.
Everyone knows where they are.
Alas, with thousands of troops, how could you not know?
Of course, this must be made known to others, especially Donghu, who must be made aware of it.
When Hu Ju was traveling to the west, when Ma Hanshan was reading a bunch of news from various places in Baqiao, Lin Xianer and Fo Huhen were cursing their men as pigs. Donghu's Nanjing was also Hu Tingli in Kaifeng, Bianjing, and Emperor Donghu
Wanyanxun was discussing with several close ministers how to send Dasong's envoys.
Wanyanxun's name is quite good, but the eighth emperor of Donghu is actually a piece of shit. He can't even govern the country, or even give birth to children. The reason why he can become this emperor is just because of his uncle, the emperor.
All his sons died before he took the throne.
I don’t know whether it was the feng shui problem of Bianjing left by Dasong or God’s punishment. Since the invasion of the south, the Donghu royal family, like the emperor of Dasong, either had no heirs, or the sons always died inexplicably.
This Wanyanxun was the nephew of the seventh emperor of the East Hu Dynasty. He originally had several children. After taking the throne, he was left with only one son. He was worried that he would have no successor like his uncle, so he adopted several younger brothers one after another.
With two sons and one daughter, he should be the emperor with the most adopted children in history.