The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

After reading the military report, Zhao Tong thought for a while and then took the people out of the customs.

Shunzhou is far away from Xiakou Pass, and it would take the Xixia army three days at the earliest to arrive.

He led Yuan Ying, Bai Ba and Bai Zhan, called Zhang Xian, ordered five hundred soldiers, and left through the north gate.

It was just getting dark at this time, and it was a full moon day. The land in Guancheng was illuminated all white, like frost and snow.

We walked along the Qilong Gorge and arrived at the mouth of the Mingsha River. Then we boarded a white sailboat and sailed leisurely out of the branch and into the center of the river.

Looking into the distance from here, there are two mountains standing beside the Yellow River in the north, like two seated Buddhas looking down, or like a pair of old men chatting to each other under the moon.

The water in the Mingsha River is gentle, not as roaring as the Yellow River. The moon shines on the blue waves, and thousands of golden scales jump up. The boat waves push up, startling a group of water birds, chirping and chirping non-stop.

Seeing this beautiful scenery, Yuan Ying danced for joy on the boat and said with a beaming smile: "Master, Master, where are we going?"

Before Zhao Tong could say anything, Yuan Ying continued: "The boat sails into the Yellow River and goes north along the river. It will reach Huaizhou all the way. Then we are home!"

Zhao Tong stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his hands. He was dressed in white and looked back at her: "Want to go back to Yuanzhuang?"

Yuan Ying said: "I have never been away for so long. I really want to go back and have a look."

Zhao Tong said: "If I give you a soldier to take back, can you say that you will surrender to the Yuan family?"

"Ah?!" Yuan Ying was so frightened when she heard this that she waved her hands repeatedly: "Master, I won't, I won't... go back."

Zhao Tong frowned and said, "I just said I wanted to go back, why did I go back on my word?"

Yuan Ying murmured: "Master, I said before that I will not interfere with family affairs. Master, you must keep your word, and you cannot ignore it."

"Keep your word?" Zhao Tong, with his big sleeves fluttering and standing against the moonlight, stood on the bow of the ship and looked ahead: "Of course you keep your word as a teacher. I just asked you to lead the troops back to persuade you to surrender, but it was for your own good. For the good of the Yuan family."

"How can I do this for my disciples? For the good of the Yuan family?" Yuan Ying blinked, looking puzzled.

"Now that Yuanji and Yuanxia have gone back, and there is no news, it can be seen that the Yuan family has no intention of surrendering, and the army will march north soon. When the iron hoof steps on it, everything will be turned into powder, and there will be no reason to surrender. , then the Yuan family will no longer exist!" Zhao Tong said calmly: "If you go back and persuade the Yuan family to surrender, and the Yuan family realizes the current affairs and joins my army, not only can the Yuan family be preserved, but there is no doubt that you will be reused by me. To have a high status in the Yuan family is to kill two birds with one stone."

"Ah..." Yuan Ying's willow-leaf eyebrows curved up and down. She always felt that something was wrong with what Master said, but she couldn't find the fault: "Master... but I'm afraid, I, I..."

Zhao Tong said: "I gave you manpower, gave you soldiers and horses, and asked Yuan Guo to go back with you. What are you afraid of?"

"I, I, I..." Yuanying's little face turned pale under the moonlight, and the hand holding the big gun trembled slightly, obviously very nervous.

"Good-for-nothing!" Zhao Tong snorted: "I am going back this time to save your Yuan family. You decide for yourself whether you want to save him or not!"

"I, I will save!" Yuan Ying was stunned, and then said calmly: "Master, when will I go back..."

At this moment, the boat was moving forward, with the night wind blowing its sails. It had gone out for several miles and was approaching the entrance of the Yellow River. Zhao Tao said calmly: "I'll leave tomorrow. I'll just follow your instructions and take the waterway up the river, going straight to Huaizhou." ”

"Yes, Master..." Yuan Ying lowered her head, and the oil bottle could be hung on her small mouth.

"You have been promoted to Little Grand Master now, earlier than I expected. After this matter is settled, I will teach you the stunning marksmanship and allow you to practice sword properly." Zhao Tong said slowly.

Just the day before yesterday, Yuan Ying stepped into the realm of the Little Grandmaster, much faster than he expected. Zhao Tong had no idea about this kind of thing. After all, it was his first time to be a teacher, not counting Gao Chong, so he couldn't judge Yuan Ying. As for whether he could advance to the next level as soon as possible, he calculated that Yuan Ying could become a little grandmaster before the end of the year. He didn't expect it to be accomplished so quickly.

"Real master?" Yuan Ying immediately jumped up after hearing this. She changed her previous depression and her face was filled with joy.

"When does the master speak without counting!" Zhao Tong snorted coldly.

"By the way, Master..." Yuan Ying suddenly became anxious and asked, "Do you know how to use swordsmanship?"

"Swordsmanship?" Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes slightly: "No!"

"I knew you didn't know how to swordsman, Master!" Yuan Ying picked up the big gun in his hand and said confidently: "Who will I learn swordsman from then?"

Zhao Tong touched his chin, looked at her and said, "Didn't you always practice swords before? Later, you used a wooden sword to create your own moves. Since you have learned almost the same routines, and you can integrate and create them by yourself, you still have to learn them from others. ?"

Yuan Ying thought for a while and said with some joy: "Master is right, I am a little grandmaster. This grandmaster... can naturally create his own martial arts. Although I am only a little grandmaster, it should be possible to figure out some swordsmanship at home. , not to mention that my talent in swordsmanship is extremely high. By the way, master, my talent in swordsmanship is definitely better than that of spear!"

Zhao Tong's face darkened when he heard this, and he thought to himself: Why is your talent for swordsmanship better than that of spearmanship? If you hadn't practiced spearmanship in the past few months, could you have been promoted to a junior grandmaster?

"Master, when I perfect my swordsmanship, I want to compete with you!" Yuan Ying said confidently.

"Are you going to compete with me?" Zhao Tong frowned and snorted. This traitor is very forgetful. Did he forget that he was beaten to the ground before he even took out the flute sword last time?

"Yes, I will compete with Master then!" Yuan Ying rolled her eyes and said hurriedly: "But Master, you also have to use a sword, we will only compete in swordsmanship!"

"A test of swordsmanship?" Zhao Tao put his hands behind his back in front of him, crossed his chest and said, "But my master doesn't know how to use a sword!"

"Then I don't care, disciple, we are going to test swordsmanship anyway!" Yuan Ying said proudly: "Master is a half-step master. Even if he doesn't know swordsmanship, he can still parry with a sword, right?"

"Parry one or two?" Zhao Tong sneered and said nothing.

Bai Zhan glanced at Yuan Ying beside him, his mouth twitched, and he looked at Bai Ba, who had the same expression. They both thought, this apprentice is really not smart. What your master is best at is swordsmanship. It's weird that you screamed "Wow wow" when you hit me.

Seeing that Zhao Tong remained silent, Yuan Ying felt that her teacher was guilty, and she became even more happy.

"Master, then I will lead the troops to Huaizhou tomorrow?"

Zhao Tong nodded. This traitor had a traitor in his head. He was probably thinking about how to defeat him in the future and felt happy, so he volunteered to go back to Huaizhou.

"Tomorrow I will give you three thousand soldiers, all disguised, and then ask Yuan Guo to go back with you!" Zhao Tong said: "By the way, let Wu Song go too. Wu Erlang has been promoted to grand master and can protect you when he arrives at Yuanzhuang."

Hearing this, Yuan Ying was about to pick up the barrel of the big gun again. Zhao Tong said: "If I'm not mistaken, your Yuan family must have a grandmaster. It's safer to go with Wu Song!"

"Okay..." Seeing Zhao Tong's resolute decision, Yuan Ying hurriedly swallowed the words on her lips, but thought in her heart, so what if there is still a grandmaster in the family? As long as it's not Brother Thirteen, the one next to him may not be her opponent. Although she is only a junior grandmaster, she may not be able to leapfrog the challenge!

"If..." Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows at this time: "Yuan Jing is in Zhuangzi, so go and discuss with her first."    "Sister Nineteen told me when she left that she wanted to go back to the Palace of Birds of Prey, not necessarily in Zhuangzi. ." Yuanying said.

"Oh, Yuan Jing has returned to the Palace of Birds of Prey?" Zhao Tong nodded. Yuan Jing had said this once when he left Huizhou, and now Yuan Ying also said the same, so it is true.

"Yes, Master, it seems that Thirteenth Brother will go with her, so there should be no masters in Yuanzhuang right now..." Yuan Ying's eyes flashed as she looked at Zhao Tong and whispered.

Zhao Tong ignored her and said to Zhang Xian, "Let's go back to customs."

Zhang Xian immediately ordered the ship to turn around and sail back...

The next day, Tan Ma came to report that the Shunzhou Army was rushing towards Xiakou Pass non-stop. There were both cavalry and infantry, and there were more than 30,000 horses.

Zhao Tan summoned everyone to discuss matters. More than 30,000 troops were actually not too many, but there were more than 50,000 Xixia troops in Guannan. The two together were quite a lot.

Especially if the two attack key points at the same time, it will not be easy to defend, because Xiakou Pass is connected to the north and south, but not to the east and west, so it is very inconvenient to mobilize troops, communicate and other things. Once the two sides start fighting, there will be many constraints. occur.

Li Gun asked in confusion at this time: "Your Majesty, what if the north and south Xixia armies agree on a time to attack the city, but the weather is bad and it rains heavily?"

Fan Rui said from the side: "How come the third brother has such a big brain? Couldn't he make two appointments and if the first one fails, then just use the second one!"

Li Gun was immediately ashamed and said, "Your Majesty, this subordinate is too clumsy."

Zhao Tong shook his head and smiled: "I'm afraid I have less experience in real military affairs. It will be better if I experience more battlefields in the future."

Li Gun said: "Your Majesty taught me that it is indeed the case."

Fan Rui said: "Your Majesty, my three brothers originally occupied Mangdang Mountain as bandits. Later they went to Liangshan Mountain, but they never attacked and defended the city. Then they went to Taihang Mountain to conquer Tian Hu. They resigned and left soon after, so they attacked the city." Fighting is not considered acquaintance."

Zhao Tong nodded and thought slightly: "Speaking of Liangshan, I happen to have something for you three brothers to do."

Fan Rui Xiangchong and Li Gun immediately stood up and clasped their fists: "Your Majesty, I have an order. The three of us will go up to the mountain of swords and into the sea of ​​fire. We will not give up even if we die!"

"Hey..." Zhao Tong pressed his hand: "Sit down, everyone, why do you say this? If it is really that dangerous, I will take you away, why die in vain."

"Ah, Your Majesty is right..." The three of them immediately felt ashamed and thought that Your Majesty is such a wonderful person. Then they felt that such an idea was disrespectful. Fan Rui hurriedly said: "Please give me your instructions."

Zhao Tong whispered a few words, and the three of them immediately brightened their eyes and said in unison: "My subordinates take orders!"

Zhao Tong said: "If this matter is handled well, I will credit the three of you with a great contribution!"

The three of them said again: "But please don't worry, Your Majesty. If it doesn't work out, I will definitely come to see you!"

Zhao Tong waved his hand, and the three of them immediately went out...

A hundred miles south of Xiakou Pass, there is a large military tent in the Xixia Camp. Mang Feng is looking at it with a letter in his hand.

The letter was written by Brother Richard. The school captain sent to Shunzhou City to contact him had just returned with news about Brother Richard.

Qu Chao Mang Feng read the letter. There was not much in the letter. A total of three siege times were agreed upon. The three times were very safe. Even if the weather was bad in the middle, you could miss it and replace it with the next one. Time attack.

After reading the letter, Mang Feng stood up from his chair, walked out of the tent, and looked northward from a distance outside the tent door.

He is now over fifty years old and has been guarding the border for more than twenty years. He should have seen all kinds of storms and waves, but... he has never seen the Song Dynasty when it was so crazy.

The Song Dynasty actually started a war on two fronts, one in Liao and the other in Xixia, and both of them went deep into the hinterland.

It is a taboo for military strategists to start a war on two fronts, unless the strength can crush the opponent, but when did Song State have such strength again? What's more, even if you have strength, you may not be so strong, right?

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, he has never been so bold. Even when the military was at its peak, he was very cautious. Every step he took was like walking on thin ice. How could he be like now, opening and closing, with the potential to sweep the world.

Is this emperor of the Song Dynasty really a heroic figure?

First, they restored the Qing Dynasty and moved to Longyou. Then they divided the Liao Dynasty with the Jin Kingdom, and at the same time they actually attacked their Daxia Kingdom. This fierce momentum seemed to be heading towards the direct destruction of Daxia.

How could he be so ambitious, greedy and greedy?

I heard that the emperor of the Song Dynasty in this generation was called Zhao Ji. The spies in the Song Dynasty had found out the news. The Song Emperor announced his decree to all the world and officially announced that he had sent the young Zhao Zi to invade Daxia. He also named the young Zhao Zi Tiance. Admiral!

General Tiance? This Song Emperor was too arrogant and arrogant to dare to grant such an official position!

Po Chao Mangfeng naturally understands history. Dang Xiang is fond of studying the history of the Tang Dynasty. Po Chao Mangfeng knows the history of Admiral Tiance and the system of Tiance Mansion very well.

The son of Zhao Ji is not a prince, and the prince cannot go out of the capital to lead troops, but he was granted this official position by the Song Emperor. Is the Song Emperor Zhao Ji really so confident? Aren’t you afraid that Kowloon will seize your direct descendants in the future?

Mang Feng couldn't figure it out, he really couldn't figure it out, and the Song State's military deployment was also very strange at the moment. Most of the northwest army generals were transferred away, and all the commander-in-chief of the Western Army left with their troops to fight in Liao. However, Zhao Zong'er came from Tokyo and reused Longyou's troops to attack Daxia.

What kind of number is this?

Mang Feng couldn't understand it. There was no such deployment of troops. After all, it was a bit unnecessary. Half of the Western Army could just attack. Why change the commander with Tokyo? In the end, Xihe soldiers were still used?

Is it because of the interests of this Zhao Tong child in the war? It is said that he is also known as the God of War in the Song Dynasty, but if he can destroy the Iron Kites, he is indeed worthy of this title. In comparison, Brother Richard, the King of Jin... is slightly inferior!

But no matter how powerful he is, he is now alone in the depths. If he contacts Shunzhou from the north and south and attacks Xiakou Pass from the north and south, he will never come back, and he will hate the Mingsha River...

One day later, the first autumn rain came. Zhao Tong stood at the top of Xiakou Pass and looked into the distance. Behind him, the Bai brothers were holding umbrellas, but their clothes were still wet.

Just look at the drizzle like a curtain, beating on the oil-paper umbrella above your head, like singing, like singing, like crying.

The mountains and rivers are misty, like willow smoke, green and yellow, and the scenery is picturesque.

Zhao Tong looked into the distance, his eyes a little lonely, as if he was thinking of something, and suddenly sighed softly: "Can I not remember Jiangnan..."

(End of this chapter)