After receiving Gao Shu's Pingxia camp, the Song army began to retreat. The army of Cochins pursued after the buttocks, but did not dare to act rashly. For fear that the Song people would tear up the emperor, they would not be able to explain when they went back.

It is also a coincidence that Li Deqian's children were also found in the Zhuangzi before Gao Shu. There are six daughters and four sons, all here.

So Tang Ning thought about it, robbed the emperor of the other family, and took the prince of the other family away, this kind of behavior is really not authentic. No matter how you say it, you have to leave a root for others, which is the most basic courtesy.

Moreover, sending a prince back is beneficial and disadvantageous for the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor and the prince have all been abducted, and the one on the throne should be the royal family.

But in this situation, how can they be willing to be subservient to others, and only one person will come back from the entire Li Deqian's direct line, and in the next few days, what they want to do most is definitely not to recruit talents to revive the dynasty, but how to intrigue and usurp power and seize power.

They are all eleven or twelve-year-old children, and it's really hard to choose one of them. In the end, Tang Ning found a prince who looked quite clever and sent him back to the Jiaozhi army, and before leaving, he gave him a book.

"This book is called 'The Year of the Bamboo Secretary', and I got it by accident. I recommend that you read it together with the Chronicles, and you will make a lot of new discoveries from it. ”

The prince took the book in a daze, not knowing what to say, nor did he know Tang Ning's intention in doing so. Only Downing himself knew what he was doing it for.

The book "Year of the Bamboo Secretary" begins with stories such as 'Xi Yao's decline and decay, imprisoned by Shun', and then 'Houji released Emperor Zhu Yu Danshui'.

The stories recorded in it are all stories that can give people goosebumps at a glance, so don't let this book appear in the Great Song Dynasty.

But it's just right to show this little prince, after all, after going back, he will have to face the bloody storm of palace politics, and it doesn't hurt for him to let him see the things in this book.

Tang Ning didn't care if he would cultivate a monster, the emperor of Jiaozhi could be taken away by the Song people once, and he could be taken away a second time.

Tang Ning cared about Jiaozhi not being torn to pieces by Zhancheng and Zhenla like this, and becoming the nourishment of these two beasts.

Although the people of Champa showed a friendly attitude towards the Song State, there were no permanent friends between countries, only immediate interests.

No one dared to guarantee that they would not change their attitude towards Da Song because of certain things, and this was even more true on Zhenla's side. A country that has just split from the Khmer for more than ten years, they have not yet formally established diplomatic relations with the Great Song Dynasty.

Watching a carriage carrying the little prince and his biological mother drive from the Song military camp to the Jiaozhi army in the distance, Tang Ning couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

In the past, I would never have done this kind of thing myself. It's not good for me, it will

provoked a whole body of meat, this is a typical thankless effort.

But unconsciously, for the sake of Zhao Xu, Tang Ning also did this.

Li Deqian, who was standing side by side, glanced at Tang Ning, this was the first time he had been alone with Tang Ning.

"You're so much younger than I thought you would." Li Deqian still took the lead in opening the topic.

Tang Ning woke up from the emotion just now, turned his head to look at Li Deqian and said with a smile: "Why, in your imagination, is General Ben a white beard with a head full of white hair?" ”

Li Deqian nodded and said, "That's right, after all, even Li Changjie is helpless against you, and under your offensive, he is losing and retreating." It's hard not to think of an experienced veteran who was transferred from the northwest of the Great Song Kingdom to lead the troops here. ”

Tang Ning replied with a smile: "The experienced veteran is wrong, and there is no problem in being transferred here from the northwest. I have indeed been fighting the Tanguts in the northwest before. ”

Li Deqian sighed and asked again: "Then these soldiers under your command are also from the northwest?" ”

"Yes and no." Tang Ning smiled: "Some of them have fought with me all the way from Runzhou to the present, and the others are all replenished troops in Kaifeng Mansion."

It was a lot of worry when I set off, but now, I'm proud to have such a group of good soldiers to follow my orders. ”

Li Deqian glanced at Tang Ning carefully and did not talk much on this topic. Instead, he asked: "I have a question, I don't know if General Tang can answer it for me?" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Downing arched his hand.

"At that time, General Guo Kuiguo of your country led a large army to conquer the large and small cities in Guangyuan Prefecture all the way and crossed the Fuliang River, but on the bank of the Ruyue River, he had to choose to withdraw his troops.

As far as I know, the reason for the withdrawal of troops is that on the one hand the army is deep and the grain and grass cannot keep up, and on the other hand, the soldiers in the army are riddled with epidemics, and the epidemic is quite serious.

However, as far as I can see, your army does not seem to be plagued by the plague, and even if there are some sick soldiers, it is not so serious, why is that? ”

Tang Ning laughed and said, "I thought it was something, but it turned out to be this."

Well, then I'll tell you, that's because I never fight battles that I don't know if I don't know.

Ordinary people come to Jiaozhi, and it is true that they will be susceptible to epidemics. However, it is they themselves who are responsible for the disease. Drink unclean raw water and eat undercooked food.

Enter the land of miasma without first taking medicine that can fight off miasma. Such a person, who must not get sick?

You know what? In order to attack Jiaozhi, the military expenses we spent this time were the tax revenue of our Great Song Kingdom for a full year, and we prepared as many as fifty ox carts for medicinal materials alone.

Although many of them are sponsored by local merchants, our court also has a lot of money.

Luckily, there are so many treasures in your storehouse that you can fill in this hole and have some left. Otherwise, in the next year, whether we are officials or emperors, we will have to tighten our belts and live. ”

"......" Li Deqian was a little speechless, he opened his mouth, and said with difficulty: "So, you came to attack my Annan Kingdom just for the treasures in my treasury?" ”

"Or else?" Tang Ning naturally asked: "Otherwise, what else do you have to worry about in the Great Song Kingdom?" Belle? What we have in the Great Song Kingdom is that the girls in each place have their own characteristics.

Culture? Where else can you find a pure-blooded Baiyue person now? Your fathers were all from us.

Aside from money, you're not worth the trouble at all. ”

Li Deqian only felt dizzy for a while, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Tang Ning tremblingly: "If you want money, you can say it!" Why did you just go to war? Why?! ”

"When you attacked the border of my Great Song Kingdom, you didn't say what you wanted? In the end, it was Emperor Shenzong who gave you a Guangyuan Prefecture, and you died down, why do you accuse us now? Speaking of this, Tang Ning's expression, which was still unangry just now, became gloomy.

"Li Deqian, you don't think that the fact that you slaughtered 100,000 soldiers and civilians of my Great Song Kingdom in Yongzhou is just a write-off, right?" Tang Ning lowered his voice and leaned into Li Deqian's ear and said, "Don't worry, when you have had enough, I will definitely send you down to see them." ”

“……”

Li Deqian looked at Tang Ning in a daze, this person was fundamentally different from the Song people in his cognition.

Even if the Song people are ruthless and vicious, they are still a flock of sheep in essence. And the person in front of him is not a sheep at all, he is a tiger and a wolf.

What appeared in his eyes was greed for prey, and it would be more appropriate for such a person to say that he was a native of Western Xia or Liao.

"Who the hell are you? When did Song Guo produce someone like you? Li Deqian muttered.

Tang Ning's gloomy face put on a smile again, he looked at Li Deqian and said, "I'm nothing, I'm me." People like me in the Song Kingdom are everywhere. If you don't feel used to it now, then you wait until five years from now, ten years from now and look again.

We Song people have never been as weak as you think, we just have humility, a virtue that you can't understand.

But humility is humility, and if you really bully us, don't think we have a bad memory.

Accounts always have to be calculated. It's time to pay it back, and none of them can run. ”

“……”