Bi Liancheng led seven or eight people. After meeting with Ma Hanshan, there were a total of more than ten to five or six people. They purchased some items from the Song Dynasty as gifts in Jingzhao Mansion, which totaled several large cars. Then they also hired some porters locally, and the entire team was twenty.
There were so many people, and Ma Hanshan felt that so many people carrying such a small amount of goods was an eyesore, so he wanted to divide the troops into two groups. However, Bai Zhitan said that it would be fine within the Hu territory, and if it was inconvenient to leave the Hu territory, it would not be too late to divide the troops into two groups.
Sure enough, with Bai Zhitan's guidance, we had a smooth journey to Lanquan, then exited Dongguanbao and crossed the Huangshui River, and soon arrived at Jincheng County in the Xixia.
There are two Dongguan Forts and Xiguan Forts in Lanquan. Dongguan Fort crosses the Huangshui River and is Jincheng County. After passing Xiguan Fort and leaving Jingyuguan, the first town entering Xixia is Zhuoluo City in Xixia.
The Xixia Border Army is stationed in Zhuoluo City, which is also called the city. It sounds like it is very lively. In fact, it is not. Historically, Jincheng has been the lively place in Hexi. Later, a huge silver mine was discovered in Jincheng.
The place is even more lively.
After arriving at Jincheng, go all the way north along the river, and then walk another six to seven hundred miles to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia.
While in Jingzhao Mansion, Ma Hanshan received the news from Bianjing sent by Shen Lang. He knew that the officials in Hu Ting were quarreling endlessly. Some supported a good relationship with Song, while others suggested using troops directly against Song. I am afraid that Li Zhixiao's mission was not
It was so easy to complete. So Ma Hanshan sent a message to Lin'an via flying pigeons, asking Long Guangning to bring Li Zhixiao back as planned, and asked Long Guangning to send a message to Hu Ju to speed up his westward journey.
Of course, because it took time to deliver the news, Ma Hanshan did not know that when he left Jingzhao Mansion, the person negotiating with Li Zhixiao in Bianjing had been replaced by Emperor Hu's younger brother, the Seventh Prince.
At the same time, a secret message left Bianjing on an eight-hundred-mile express and went straight to Fengxiang and other roads.
Who sent the secret message? It was from Prince Donghu.
Who is this Sixth Prince? Of course he is also the younger brother of Emperor Hu, Wanyan Xuan, half-brother, and half-brother of Seventh Prince Wanyan Shouxu.
The Sixth Prince was very unhappy that his uncle passed the throne to his own brother, and he was even more unhappy that his own brother actually passed the throne to his half-brother Wan Yanxun. He always believed that the emperor's uncle should give up the throne if he was not stupid.
Pass it to him because he is handsomer, smarter and more talented than his remaining brother Wanyanxuan, and can fight better than his brother. The emperor's stupid uncle chose his own brother, so forget it, after all, he is his half-brother.
. What made him furious was that his younger brother actually gave up his throne to his older brother who had a different mother, and directly ignored his older brother who had the same mother. That was simply a lack of heart.
Therefore, after Wanyanxun ascended the throne, he was always looking for ways to seize the throne.
Therefore, he bribed all the ministers in the court to make preparations. At the same time, he also supported countless martial arts people and dispersed them to various armies, so that when the conditions were ripe, he could attack Wanyan Xun and seize the throne in one fell swoop.
This sixth prince was a militant who was extremely opposed to the reconciliation with the Song Dynasty. Therefore, he had been interfering and obstructing the negotiations between Hu Ting and the Song Dynasty. Because of this, Li Zhixiao had not made any progress in Bianjing for more than half a month.
The sixth prince jumped up in anger when he learned that his younger brother had taken charge of the negotiations with the envoy and had decided to make good friends with the court and satisfy the envoy.
The so-called counselor he kept gave him advice. He could not sabotage the negotiations in the court. He could look outside the court and tell him that the current strategy of Song Dynasty came from a guy named Ma Hanshan. The emperor was also trying to bribe this guy named Ma.
, if this guy dies unexpectedly, then... not only can he hit Song Chao hard, but he can also hit Hu Tingzhong's guy who showed his kindness to Song Ren. And this guy will enter the Xixia soon. If he dies in Xixia, he can also
If you try to stir up the relationship between Songchao and Xixia, there might be a fight.
This was a plan that killed three birds with one stone. The Sixth Prince was overjoyed, so he summoned his masters overnight and asked them to go to the border town with their secret messages, and act according to the situation with the people he had deployed there. The little bastard named Ma must be allowed to
The egg never came back and died in the desert of Xixia.
People in the martial arts travel very fast. When Ma Hanshan moved to Jincheng County, they had already arrived at Pingliang Mansion. They rushed from Bianjing to Pingliang Mansion in four days, which was like traveling thousands of miles in a day, at a life-defying speed.
It would take several days for Hu Ju's large group of troops to reach Jiezhou on Lizhou Road. Then they would leave the envoys of the large group in Jiezhou, and enter the territory of Xifan in a light and simple manner with four to five hundred guards, and then take an arc to escape.
Take the Linzhao Road in Donghu and go north from the east side of Cuowenbu Lake into Xiliang Mansion in the Xixia. When you get to Xiliang Mansion, you can go straight through the desert and go north to Northern Mongolia, but this way is very dangerous. The safer way is,
After arriving at Xiliang Prefecture, walk east along the edge of the Dengger Desert to Zaiyingli, then go north through Xingqing Prefecture to reach the northern border of Xixia and enter the border of Northern Mongolia.
Of course, you can also go west from Ganzhou in Xixia to Suzhou, and then go north to Beimeng. However, this walk is too far and makes a circle.
For Ma Hanshan, if there are no major changes in Donghu, it doesn't matter how Hu Ju goes after leaving Songjing. Because as long as he leaves Songjing, the situation of Lianmeng is basically established. If he arrives early, he will arrive late, which will affect
Not big. If there is a major change, Ma Hanshan will not have no power of his own in Xixia. Just let the people from the Bureau of Social Affairs find the power of Beimeng in Xixia and contact them directly.
The humanities, culture and scenery of Jincheng County are completely different from the Jiangnan that Mahanshan is familiar with, which makes Mahanshan a little excited.
He didn't remember many poems, but he always remembered these two lines: The lonely smoke in the desert and the red sunset on the Yellow River. Maybe it was because Master Jin quoted it so many times in his novels. As a fan of Master Jin, Ma Hanshan took these two lines into his mind.
I remember the poem.
Although these two lines of poems describe the scenery of the Dengger Desert, the desert is still far away from Jincheng County. Moreover, the owner of Ma Dazhai, who has always been "lazy" and likes to enjoy himself, probably didn't even think about it after seeing the desert in his dream.
If you can't hold on for a while, you will run away.
Deserts and grasslands are both charming, but not everyone can appreciate and enjoy them.
Although there is no desert in Jincheng County, the alien customs here are very rich, even richer than Lanquan, so Mahanshan decided to spend two days here before heading north. Anyway, it would take many days for Hu Ju to reach the Xixia. Besides,
, it is already known all over the world that envoys from the Song Dynasty use the Xixia to go north. Bi Liancheng, the envoy to the Xixia, arrives early and late, and it does not matter at all.
Jincheng County is actually a hub. Although the county is not big, the flow of people is still quite good. According to Bai Shengxi, a "local", Jincheng County is very lively within two to three hundred miles to the west of the Huangshui River. If it wants to be more lively,
Either go to Liangzhou Prefecture or go north to Xiping Prefecture. Xingqing Prefecture is comparable to Jincheng County.
Ma Hanshan decided to rest and play here for two days, so he gave everyone a "breeding tour" in the afternoon. However, he was a cautious person. Although he "brought a tour", it was stipulated that he could not act alone, and in the end, two people had to work together.
Xiaoyue received Su Ying's order, except not sleeping together at night, she must protect Ma Hanshan every step of the way. Therefore, he naturally had to follow Ma Hanshan. What's more, now that there is Bai Shengxi beside Ma Hanshan, she can't wait to hang him
On the waistband, I was not afraid that someone would do harm to Ma Hanshan, but I was afraid that Bai Shengxi would eat Ma Hanshan.
The woman who came down the mountain is a tiger. Although Bai Shengxi is not as beautiful as Su Ying, she has a charm unique to the northwest people, and she seems to have a so-called nobility just like Su Ying.
Xiaoyue couldn't understand. Her own lady had a different background. It was normal for her to have this kind of nobility. But this "tall" northwest woman was just a person from a villa. How could she have such nobility?
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Originally, Bai Shengxi looked down on Ma Hanshan before. I don’t know whether it was because Ma Hanshan was “petite” or because Ma Hanshan was a poet, or because of Mahanshan’s customs. He was not as “suave” as those literati who waved folding fans. You know
Women at any time are preconceived based on their eyesight. Those who look strong, or look talented, and are polite and courteous will please women. Bai Shengxi is from the northwest, and she has seen many strong and powerful men.
She didn't have any feelings, she just liked those handsome and elegant literati in Jiangnan.
However, gradually she discovered that this guy who was a bit lazy and ignorant was actually quite good. Gradually, she no longer disliked Ma Hanshan. Because she gradually discovered that Ma Hanshan's laziness and foolishness were not true.
Lazy, he just doesn't want to spend time on things that he is not expert in, and most of the time, he is thinking. At first, she thought that Ma Hanshan was uneducated because he didn't read the Four Books and Five Classics, and he didn't chant.
The poem was right. But later she discovered that Ma Hanshan was truly talented, because he understood things that no one in the world understood, and the things he created were things that did not exist in this world.
Women are very strange. They will always hate someone because of little things, and they will also fall in love with someone because of little things.
Bai Shengxi may not have fallen in love with Mahanshan yet, but she has changed from hating it to liking it. Moreover, it seems that she likes it more and more now. Especially after entering the Xixia territory, she became extremely happy and even a little excited.
a feeling of.
"Ma...Mr. Ma...Although Jincheng County is not big, and the scenery is naturally not as good as that of Jiangnan, there are also fun and delicious things here. For example, I guarantee you have never heard of Jincheng Opera here, and the beef noodles here are also very good."
It's delicious. I'm sure you've never eaten beef noodles like that..." Bai Shengxi chattered while walking on the road and introduced things in Jincheng County to Ma Hanshan.
Ma Hanshan smiled and said: "Ms. Bai, can you not call me Young Master? You can call me Mr. Ma. As for the Jincheng song, forget it, Yi Yi Ya Ya, I can't listen to it. I'll sing a song when I have a chance."
Listen, that's called Qu'er. As for the beef, you can try it, I believe the beef here can be different."
The beef noodles in Jincheng County are different from other places. The beef is fat and tender beef, while the noodles are made from local dry wheat. These two things are not only available in Xixia, but also in Lanquan.
You can eat it in Hezhou and Shizhou areas, but it is difficult to eat it further away. Even in Jingzhao Prefecture, you can only eat it in a few restaurants.