Li Qingluan disclosed her identity and asked to see Zhao Shisan through various channels, but was rejected unceremoniously. She was not discouraged at all, and lingered at Donghua Gate all day long, thinking that she would always meet Zhao Shisan here.
I heard that the Zhao Guan family likes to travel incognito. Once entering or leaving the imperial city, they must go through the Donghua Gate.
If that doesn't work, we set up camp in front of Donghua Gate and make a big fuss to see if we can force Zhao Silai out.
At this critical moment, Li Qingluan no longer cares about anything else. She just wants to see Zhao Si. Because she knows very clearly that if she wants to save the Xia Kingdom from being destroyed, it is useless to pray to God, and it is useless to ask Beiliao to mediate.
The only one who can save Xixia is Zhao Si, an official of the Song Dynasty.
On the fourth day, Li Qingluan went out for half an hour late because of something else.
A captivated nobleman was entrusted by her to find a channel for an audience. This morning he wrote back a letter. He said that he was from a certain uncle, a certain minister, and promised to mention it when he met the saint.
So he came to the posthouse early in the morning to report to Li Qingluan and ask for credit.
Although the Song State has declared war on the Xia State, Li Qingluan and Zhang Yuanqing are Xia State envoys. If the two countries are at war, they will not kill the envoys. The Song State still has this ability.
Although the post house was much deserted during this period, and there were only a few people there, no one in the Song Dynasty made it difficult for them.
There was some hope, Li Qingluan sent the noble son away with kind words, and then came to the Donghua Gate, wandering around, and began to wait for another day.
Near noon, suddenly a line of carriages slowly came around from the north. Judging from the ceremonial guard, they should be at the level of the queen and concubine. Li Qingluan was shocked and rushed over.
The guard stopped her unceremoniously and kept her at a distance.
"I am Princess Helan of the Xia Kingdom. I want to meet the officials of the Song Dynasty! I have something important to meet with the officials of the Song Dynasty."
The leading car in front drove slowly into Donghua Gate without stopping at all. Then the most luxurious carriage followed suit. The second car stopped.
With Li Qingluan's expectation, a female official came over and said to the guard officer: "The imperial concubine asked her to be taken over."
Li Qingluan lifted up her skirt and hurried to the carriage window, panting and looking panicked.
Ming Zhaoxia opened the curtains, revealing half of her face. She looked at Li Qingluan with a complicated expression, and finally said softly: "The official family has left the city and gone to Xi'an."
After that, he lowered the curtains and shouted "Let's go!"
Li Qingluan was stunned. She felt like she was falling in an unfathomable ice cave, falling endlessly. The coldness had penetrated deeply into her body, freezing the only remaining warmth in her heart.
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The carriage drove past Li Qingluan and continued to move forward. In the carriage, the concubine Li Qingzhao asked hesitantly: "Sister, why did you tell her this news?"
"The news of the official expedition will spread throughout Kaifeng City in the afternoon. I just told her a little in advance. Although this Li Qingluan is a woman, she has been working hard for her motherland, working harder than their princes and ministers.
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"But her reputation..."
"She is infamous, but what is all this for? It's all for her homeland - Xixia. It's a pity because she is the princess of Xia. Otherwise, I really want to make a good relationship with her.'
In times of crisis, integrity is revealed, and loyalty is revealed. Under the storm, her powerlessness and loneliness are even more heartbreaking..."
Li Qingzhao was aroused with a feeling of sadness in his heart, "I didn't think anything about it before, but now that I heard my sister say this, I really feel that the country is in danger and people are drifting away... If the Song Dynasty reaches such a critical moment, I'm afraid we might not be as good as this one
, either at a loss, or Gu Ying lamenting."
Having said this, Li Qingzhao couldn't help but lift the curtains and look behind him.
I saw that Li Qingluan had come to her senses. She clenched her fists and walked out hurriedly with firm steps. Looking at her back, Li Qingzhao couldn't help but think of a sentence.
"Cherish the spring. Spring is gone. It will rain at some time. I lean against the railings, but I have no emotions. Where are the people? The grass is dying all over the sky, and I can't see the way back."
Li Qingluan returned to the post house, hurriedly packed up, asked someone to bring out the good horse, and rushed out of Kaifeng City with a few close followers, chasing west.
In order to prevent the soldiers and civilians of Kaifeng City from retaining him and preventing him from going on a personal expedition, Zhao Si never made the news public. He only talked to the important ministers one by one, and then this morning, accompanied by the queen and concubines, he took nearly a hundred accompanying staff and five
Hundreds of guards went straight out of the north gate, joined a thousand red flag righteous followers, and headed west.
Arriving in Luoyang, we met up with the Xiaoqi Battalion, which had set off one day in advance, and the Huaide Battalion, which was composed of students over the age of fifteen from Huaide Army Primary School.
In the afternoon of that day, as we entered Tongguan, Zhao Si sent an order to the entire army to station at Tongguan.
After taking a short rest, Zhao Si took his eldest grandson Moli, Tan Shiji, Yu Wenxuzhong, Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Ye Xun, Li Guang, Zhang Yi, Chen Xiu, Li Wei and more than a dozen close ministers, among hundreds of guards and righteous
Under the guard of the emperor, we climbed up Qilin Mountain next to Tongguan.
Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see the Huashan Mountains rushing towards the west. When you reach here, you suddenly stop and the mountains stand over each other, covering Tongguan.
To the north, you can see the Wei River coming from the west and the Yellow River coming from the north, violently merging together and creating huge waves.
It is indeed a dangerous place that military strategists have fought for since ancient times.
"Think about the Qin Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers, from here, singing 'Qi Yue Wu Yi', swept across the six countries and unified the world, what a heroic effort." Zhao Si stood on the top of the mountain, pointing to the great rivers and mountains.
, said enthusiastically.
"There was a scholar named Wang who was riding a donkey to cross the river. The river could not be crossed, so he made countless efforts. There was a bird called wild goose, and it spread its wings to the west. There was Helan in the northwest, and he was granted the title of Qianhu Hou.
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A song floated up melodiously, and it was sung by the officers and soldiers passing Tongguan.
They sat on rickety open-top carriages and came from all over the place in teams. Thousands of streams finally gathered here, forming a huge flow of people that passed through the majestic Tongguan and headed west.
"This song is full of ambition. It is both a pilgrimage and a title. It is full of ambition." Everyone couldn't help but yelled "good".
A group of officers and soldiers passed by, and another group came, singing different folk songs.
"Now that I'm gone, please be patient. Now that I'm gone, there's no need to worry about it. Now that I'm gone, there's nothing you can do about it. Now that I'm gone, don't let your lovesickness hurt you. Now that I'm gone, I'll be back."
When I come back, my love for you will still be there. If I didn't come, I would definitely be hurting you by missing you."
Zhao Si was stunned for a moment.
He suddenly thought that more than 100,000 officers and soldiers were transferred from Kanto to the northwest to participate in the cruel war of annihilation. These people, including those who just sang on Tongguan Road at the foot of the mountain, no one knows how many people will never return to their hometown alive.
meet their relatives.
In addition, for more than two years, we have been secretly preparing for the war to destroy the Xia Kingdom, which has consumed people's energy. Several warehouses are full, and there are hundreds of thousands of civilians, either hired or requisitioned, on this East-West Avenue.
The result of running back and forth and working hard.
"This war must be won and cannot be defeated. The northwest has been suffering from summer for a long time! In the states and counties along the border, every family has worn mourning and every household has mourned for the past hundred years. For the peace of the northwest and for the sake of thousands of people, we must cut off
Get rid of the cancer attached to the northwest ridge of my Great Song Dynasty!"
Zhao Si clenched his fists and said excitedly. This chapter has been completed!