The sky is full of stars and the night sky is vast.
The Tiger Guards lit a bonfire in the camp outside Dingyuan City.
But the entire camp was silent, which shows how strict the Tiger Guard's military discipline is.
There was no cheerful feast and happy indulgence after a long march. Apart from no longer eating fried noodles for dinner, there was a meal of meat. For the soldiers of the Tiger God Guard, there was no big change from usual.
Beside the bonfire, Wang Lin sat and looked up at the stars.
After a long time, he slowly lowered his head and looked at the Uighur woman Yilu who was kneeling next to him.
He didn't see any awe in this woman's eyes. In fact, Yilu only roughly understood that he was a nobleman of the Song Dynasty named Wangye.
Or rather a high official.
As for how noble it is, she has no idea.
There was only darkness and hatred in her eyes.
He knew that this was a foreign woman with a lot of stories.
She is only in her twenties, but she already has the appearance of a forty or fifty year old, which is enough to illustrate her past life circumstances.
It was impossible for him to trust a foreign woman just because of her words. In fact, he had already ordered someone to find out the results of what Yilu said.
On this night, Yan Qing had already handed down many of his military orders.
His overall plan changed dramatically as a result.
"Yilu, why did you say these things to me?"
Yilu knelt there and thought about his own thoughts. Suddenly, Wang Lin's soft and slightly indifferent voice came to his ears, and he couldn't help but reply: "Go back to the prince, as long as the prince kills the official of Dingyuan City, and then avenges my family."
, I am willing to lead your army."
The psychological logic and discourse logic of this foreign woman is obviously simpler than that of the Han people. They basically say whatever comes to mind without too many twists and turns in their stomachs.
When she said this, Wang Lin felt it was more true.
"What crime did Ma Wensheng commit?"
"Your Majesty, the officials in Dingyuan City colluded with the Xixia people. Not only did they rip off the customs duties and put them all into his own pocket, but they also trafficked people... There are at least a hundred people like me in the city, and they all
He is a poor man who was kidnapped, please help me!"
Yilu knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, they not only trafficked foreign people into the Song Dynasty, but also sold Song women to the Western Xia Royal City and more distant western countries. If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can go to the city to search, and many of them have been imprisoned in the official's back house."
Wang Lin's eyes narrowed: "Song people also sell it?!"
Yilu seemed to remember the tragic situation of many sisters, gritted his teeth and said: "I was the one he sold to Haru. I once stayed in his back house for a few days. There were many Song people locked up in the cellar of that back house.
woman."
Wang Lin's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
If it were just chaos at the border and aliens selling aliens, he would actually be too lazy to care about it.
Because he cannot stay at the border for a long time. Once he leaves, everything will return to its original state.
But this does not mean that he can tolerate Ma Wensheng and his gang of thieves abducting his compatriots and sisters to foreign countries and treating them as stubborn objects of foreigners.
Wang Lin knew that most of what Yilu said was true, so he winked at Yan Qing, and Yan Qing went to order someone to investigate.
"You just said that you wanted me to avenge your family. Did your whole family... also die at the hands of Han officials?"
Yilu shook his head: "No, my parents, husband, and daughter all died at the hands of the Li family, a great businessman in Xixia. It was they who caused me to fall into the Song Dynasty..."
Yilu's shoulders were shaking violently, but there were no tears in her eyes. It was obvious that she had dried up her tears.
Wang Lin's heart moved secretly. He thought of the jade secret that Master Li had given him, and the daughter of a great merchant from Xixia named Li Lan.
Before dawn, five hundred tiger guards searched out more than a hundred imprisoned foreign women in Dingyuan City, as well as dozens of beautiful and beautiful Song girls.
Wang Lin immediately ordered Ma Wensheng and the Song officials related to Dingyuan City to be beheaded and executed. At the same time, he ordered the local government to appoint additional personnel to manage Dingyuan City.
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May 29th.
Wang Lin led two thousand tiger guards and openly entered Jingyuan City under the banner of the King of Qi and the general manager of the world's troops.
Liu Yanqing of Minglin Mansion and Qu Duan of Qin Feng each mobilized their troops and rushed to Jingyuan. The time was set on the tenth day of the sixth lunar month in the second year of Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty.
On the same day, the marriage team guarding Emperor Chongde also entered Jingyuan, while 50,000 cavalry led by Yue Fei had camped in Huichuan.
When leaving Qingzhou, Chongde felt at peace. She knew that this was a false marriage to confuse the Xixia people. Wang Lin had promised that she would never abandon her to the Xixia people.
But having said that, the closer we get to the Xixia land, the more uneasy Emperor Chongde becomes.
Feeling anxious and anxious all the way, we entered Jingyuan City.
Naturally, the news of the unusual movements of troops and horses in the Song Kingdom and the arrival of King Qi Wang Lin's escort delegation in Jingyuan to the Song Dynasty and his relatives could not be concealed from the Xixia people on the opposite side.
In fact, the Xixia mission that has just returned is currently in Lingwu, hundreds of miles away, and the Xixia army of 100,000 is basically deployed on the Song-Xia border from Jingyuan to Linfu. They may cross the border at any time and attack
The Song Dynasty declared war.
Therefore, the Xixia Crown Prince Li Renai and the Xixia Queen Yelu Nanxian have nothing to fear.
Wang Lin actually came in person, which was an unexpected surprise for Yelu Nanxian.
She wanted to take this opportunity to trample Wang Lin to the ground, humiliate him completely, and even break his body into thousands of pieces, in order to repay Wang Lin's hatred for kidnapping the Daliao royal family.
This is the plan of their mother and son.
For the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun, these were just trivial matters. What he really focused on was how to take advantage of the rise of the Jin Kingdom and seize a piece of the Song Kingdom's fertile land. However, he did not necessarily agree to declare war on the Song Dynasty easily.
The official system of Xixia was basically the same as that of Song Dynasty.
Zhongshu is in charge of administration, and his subordinates include ministers, regular attendants, admonishers, ministers, admonishers and other officials.
The Privy Council and the Central Secretary hold two civil and military positions, and are in charge of the country's military and border defenses. Their subordinates include Privy Council, Tongzhi, Deputy Envoy, Qian Shu, Chengzhi and other officials.
The third department is in charge of national finance and tribute, and consists of officials such as chief envoys, deputy envoys, salt and iron envoys, and Duzhi envoys.
The Yushitai is in charge of judicial supervision, and its subordinates include Yushi Dafu, Yushi Zhongcheng, Palace Yushi, Supervising Yushi and other officials.
Regarding the plans and plans of Yerunanxian mother and son, there are actually many voices of opposition in Xixia, such as the group headed by the second prince Li Renxiao.
In the Lingwu Mansion Yamen, Li Renai was sitting behind the public case, and his mother, Queen Yelu Nanxian of Xixia, was sitting beside him.
Below are two groups of civil and military officials.
Li Renai looked deeply at the Han Chinese Cao Kun, the Minister of Zhongshu in the audience, and said softly: "Servant Cao, please contact the Song Dynasty and let the Song Dynasty and his princess enter our country. By the way, we must let the Song Dynasty
Wang Lin, the king of Qi, personally escorted the envoy into our country, and said that the prince was going to marry the princess of Song Dynasty in Lingwu and invited him to watch the ceremony."
Cao Kun frowned and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, the King of Qi of the Song Dynasty is guarding the marriage of Emperor Ji of the Song Dynasty. Whether he comes to our country or not is not decided by our country."
Li Renai sneered: "As the peace ambassador of the Song Dynasty, how could he not enter our territory? If so, he would be considered as rude as the Song Dynasty and despised our Daxia, so he should send troops to conquer it!"
Cao Kun is the elder brother of the second prince Li Renxiao's biological mother, Concubine Cao.
Of course he knew what Li Renai and his son wanted to do. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he heard this. They used the name of marriage to deceive King Qi of the Song Dynasty into entering the Xia Dynasty to punish him. Such childish tricks would definitely not be able to hide it from the people of the Song Dynasty.
That Wang Lin is known as the divine general who protects the country of the Song Dynasty. He is both civil and military. He is definitely an extraordinary person. How can he be at your mercy?
But Cao Kun knew that Li Renai was powerful at the moment and had the emperor's tacit approval, so it was not appropriate to contradict him face to face, so he silently said: "Since His Highness insists on this, I will order someone to contact Song Dynasty to convey His Highness's decree."
Jing Jing, the co-president of the Privy Council, came out and clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty are moving. The soldiers and horses of Qin Feng and Lin Mansion seem to be heading towards Jingyuan. There is also a large army in the Song Dynasty that is gathering towards Jingyuan. Please invite me."
Your Highness, please take precautions."
Li Renai sighed: "Liu Yanqing of the Lin Mansion, coupled with Qin Feng's Qu Duan, is known as a hundred thousand troops, but in fact most of them are local troops that are ineffective. With this small number of troops, they want to be able to hold me back Daxia."
One hundred thousand elites, isn’t it just a foolish dream?”
"Don't take it to heart. After my prince's marriage is over, he will lead his generals to herd horses from the Song Dynasty and march directly to the fertile land thousands of miles west of the Hexi River!"
"Success lies in opening up a country and expanding its borders in one fell swoop!"
Jing Jing and Cao Kun looked at each other and said nothing. They both stood up and led everyone in bowing and shouted: "Your Highness is wise!"
Just after leaving the Lingwu Mansion, Cao Kun couldn't help but grabbed Jing Jing's arm, dragged him aside and lowered his voice: "Jing Tongzhi, this is not a good opportunity to attack Song Dynasty. If you and other generals blindly flatter the prince, I'm afraid you will end up doing something for him."
Daxia has caused great trouble!"
Jing Jing laughed loudly: "Cao Shilang, that's the bad thing about you Han people. You always look forward and backward when doing things. You are afraid of wolves and tigers! The Jin Kingdom destroyed the Liao Dynasty. I, Daxia, have reached an agreement with the Jin Kingdom. The Song Kingdom is now on the chopping block.
What’s the point of eating meat?”
"Jing Tongzhi, I'm afraid I can't say that. Although the army of the Song Kingdom is not inferior to that of the Jin Kingdom, they may not be able to be slaughtered by others. Not long ago, didn't Wang Lin, King of Qi of the Song Kingdom, lead his troops in two battles and win the Jin Dynasty?"
"It's just a sneak attack. If we fight head-on, the Song soldiers are no match for the Jin Kingdom's cavalry."
"The soldiers and horses of the Song State in Hedong and Hebei did not dare to act rashly, because they still had to defend the Jin people. Once the war started, if the Jin State sent troops to invade south, we, Daxia, could take advantage of the situation to take over the land in Hexi and defeat our Daxia
The territory will be doubled again!”
Jing Jing glanced at Cao Kun with a deep look and said calmly: "Cao Shilang, I know that you are the uncle of the second prince, but you have to understand that today in Daxia, the prince is the general trend, the righteousness is also the prince, and the key is that your majesty's favor is also the prince.
The Second Prince has no chance, so you’d better think carefully!”
"Besides, avenging the Queen's homeland and her people is what Your Majesty promised the Queen. Anyone who blocks this will become the enemy of the Queen and the Crown Prince. You have to think clearly about the consequences."
After Jing Jing finished speaking, he walked away.
Cao Kun stood there blankly and suddenly sneered.
To avenge a so-called family feud for a woman, he actually mobilized the entire nation's troops, and nothing else. For this reason alone, Prince Li Ren'ai is not worthy of being the lord of Xixia!
Since Li Renai and Yelu Nanxian insist on going their own way, let's just sit on the donkey and read the songbook and wait and see.
Just as Cao Kun was about to walk to his residence, he suddenly heard the noise of people and horses in the city. He calmed down for a moment, and a smile appeared on his lips.