Li Jiqian knelt on the ground and cried, kowtowing again and again, Li Jiqian, who grew up with Li Yuanhao since he was a child, naturally knows his cousin very well, when he was very young, Li Yuanhao grew taller than his peers, and his strong body and domineering eyes had a deterrent effect that people could not see.

When he was a teenager, Li Yuanhao liked to wear a long-sleeved white robe, wearing a black high crown, riding a high-headed horse with more than 100 guards under him, and Li Jiqian was one of the members who followed him; Although he is a cousin with flesh and blood affection, Li Jiqian knows how ridiculous it is to talk about family affection in the royal family, so when his childhood playmates were killed by Li Yuanhao one by one for intentional or unintentional offenses, only those three or two remained.

There is no secret to this, Li Jiqian only learned one trick to save his life, and he was able to gain Li Yuanhao's trust, and became the commander of the Jianing Army of Youzhou in Youzhou, one of the twelve supervising military divisions, and everything was summed up in only one sentence: usually pretend to be a soft egg, do not really fight for land and money, Li Yuanhao will give whatever he wants, and at the critical time, he must protect Li Yuanhao's dignity at the cost of his life.

Li Jiqian usually speaks and does things very low-key, but he often does a few unreliable things that lack morality, which makes his reputation very bad; Li Jiqian knows very well that it is not enough to be low-key, blindly being a good old man will give Yuan Hao a feeling of wanting to form a gang, in that case, his death will come.

Every time Li Yuanhao has a conflict with others since he was a child, no matter who is right or wrong, Li Jiqian does not hesitate to go up and punch the first punch, even if he is beaten all over his body, he will definitely shout: Yuanhao go first, I will block it!

It's the same with the Song State, Li Jiqian didn't hesitate to choose the role of the vanguard, and he used up a lot of his old foundation of the Jianing Army like a stunned young man, but he knew that the army could be recruited if it was gone, and if the head was gone, it would not grow back.

But this time, Li Ningming's matter made Li Jiqian afraid, that was the prince, Li Yuanhao asked him to stay in the Jianing army just to experience some training, but the prince was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he insisted on robbing the supplies of the Song army, and Li Jiqian really couldn't resist him; Li Jiqian doesn't want to offend the prince, his impression in the heart of the future lord is extremely important, but the problem is that the more he wants to go left and right, the more he will make mistakes.

Li Jiqian, who learned the bad news, didn't sleep all night, and it was not a way to hold it, so he could only report it truthfully; It is not a way to send someone to report it, but you can only report it in person and ask for forgiveness; With his own understanding of Yuan Hao, there may be a glimmer of life.

Li Yuanhao looked at Li Jiqian, who was crying in front of him, and frowned: "What's wrong?" You don't supervise military affairs in Youzhou, why did you run to me and cry? Could it be that Youzhou has been lost? ”

Li Jiqian kowtowed like pounding garlic and cried: "The emperor forgives the sins, the emperor forgives the sins." ”

Li Yuanhao was shocked: "What? Is it really the loss of Youzhou? ”

Li Jiqian hurriedly said: "No, no, Youzhou is safe and sound, and the Song soldiers are cowering in the city, and they don't dare to show their heads at all." ”

Li Yuanhao took a long breath and said with a smile: "I'm startled, as long as it is not the loss of Youzhou, there is something big about making Commander Li cry like this, say it, as long as it is not a big mistake, I will forgive you." ”

Li Jiqian wiped his tears and said: "Your Majesty, the crown prince Ning Ming was captured by the Song army, and the minister deserves to die, so I ask the emperor to punish him." ”

Li Yuanhao was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How come?" Since you said that the Song army was still cowering, and no major war broke out between the two armies, how did Ning Ming get captured? ”

Li Jiqian had to tell Li Yuanhao the whole thing as it was, and Li Yuanhao was dumbfounded.

"Three thousand iron horsemen can't beat the grain protection team? How many people are there in the food protection team? ”

Li Jiqian said: "The detailed report is very detailed, five hundred Song State horse troops, more than 1,000 escorted soldiers, a total of 1,500 people. ”

Li Yuanhao stretched out his hand and grabbed a porcelain bottle on the table, smashed it on Li Jiqian's head, and said angrily: "Three thousand iron horsemen were defeated by this thousand five hundred miscellaneous army? Ning Ming was still captured alive? What kind of soldiers did you bring to Ning Ming? Is it 3,000 burdens? ”

The so-called 'burden' soldier is the name of Western Xia, which refers to those who are responsible for miscellaneous service and logistics in the army, and is a title corresponding to the regular army.

Li Jiqian didn't dare to wipe the broken porcelain and blood on his head, and said busily: "How dare my younger minister, the three thousand soldiers are the elite of my Jianing army, and the generals who assisted are also Yeli Xianzong and Wu Zangming, two battle-experienced generals, the prince went to war, how dare the minister not accompany the elite, and after the prince sent troops, in order to attract the attention of the Song army, the minister sent a large army to feign an attack on Gyeongju Beimulang Village to contain it, just to make the prince safer, but unexpectedly lost." ”

Li Yuanhao was furious, stretched out his feet and kicked a few chairs and stools, and the house where he kicked was a mess, Li Jiqian was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, lying on the ground and letting the blood on his head drip all over his face.

After a while, Li Yuanhao sat down dejectedly, sighed and said, "You get up, wash the blood on your face, I have something to ask you." ”

Li Jiqian kowtowed and said: "The minister is guilty, and the minister doesn't dare to get up." ”

Li Yuanhao said: "I know that you can't help it, Ning Ming is very conceited, and he has read a lot of military books, some time ago I saw that he was reading "Field Song" and "Taiyi Jin Jianjue", which are the military books I liked to read when I was young, he wanted to learn from me, but unfortunately he was very talented, and he would never become me." He's going to fight, and you can't beat him. ”

Li Jiqian said mournfully: "Even so, the minister is also responsible, the minister should send more troops and horses to follow the prince, so that no such thing will happen." ”

Li Yuanhao sighed and said, "Is there less than three thousand iron horses?" My Great Xia elite cavalry is 3,000, which is enough to defeat the Song army of 10,000, but it was defeated by this mere 1,500 people, this is not a problem of many people, this is Ning Ming's incompetence; What's even more tragic is that he was captured alive, he should have committed suicide and martyred immediately, this idiot! ”

Li Jiqian said: "Your Majesty, what should I do now?" The minister was willing to attack on a large scale to regain the crown prince, but with the emperor's order. ”

Li Yuanhao frowned and thought about it for a long time and said: "The Song people took Ning Ming, presumably to use it to blackmail me, hmph, their wishful thinking is about to fail, I can set up a prince again, cut off their thoughts, I still have a few sons." ”

Li Ji moved to Ai Ai's words: "Your Majesty, now that there is another prince, wouldn't it be immediately necessary to take the life of Prince Ningming, and the Song people will be killed immediately when they see that it has no use value." ”

Li Yuanhao opened his mouth and sneered: "I said, no matter who wants to blackmail me, Ning Ming has lost his qualification to be the crown prince when he is captured, how can I hand over the Great Xia Jiangshan to a person who has captured for the enemy country, the Song people killed him, it is his best end, I am afraid that the Song people will coerce him to do something appalling." ”

Li Jiqian's eyes were blank, and he nodded: "The emperor is wise, and the younger brother understands." ”

Li Yuanhao asked Li Jiqian to get up again, ordered the attendant to take water and medicine to help Li Jiqian clean the wound and bandage it, and gave him a seat, and then asked: "I think this defeat should be a trap, are you sure the information is correct?" ”

Li Jiqian got up and was about to kneel again, but Li Yuanhao stopped him and said, "Just sit and talk back." ”

Li Jiqian said: "There is absolutely no mistake, seven or eight times ago, our army went deep into the Song Territory to snatch the materials transported by the Song Imperial Court, the number of people, and the number of vehicles are all the news that should be given in the Song Dynasty, and the source of this time is still those people, and there will be no mistake." ”

Li Yuanhao pondered: "That is to say, Ning Ming's opponent this time is a powerful figure, who is the general who escorted him?" ”

Li Jiqian said: "Afterwards, I sent scouts to investigate for a day and a night, and said that there was Yanzhou Di Qing present at the time of the war, and there was another person who seemed to be older than Di Qing's official position, and his name was ...... It seems to be called Su Jin, right...... It's Su Jin. ”

Li Yuanhao exclaimed: "Di Qing is here? This must have fallen into a trap, Di Qing is in Yanzhou, how can he appear in the team transporting materials; However, if there are only 1,500 soldiers participating in the war, even Di Qing and the team will not be able to win, is it a plan set up by Su Jin? ”

Li Jiqian said: "After the minister goes back, he will immediately inquire about the details of this Su Jin, and then go back to the emperor." ”

Li Yuanhao said: "It's okay, this matter can't be just settled, I don't give the Song people some color to see, this evil breath must not be swallowed, since you are here, I will recruit Zhang Yuan, Wu Hao, Yeli Rongren, Yeli Yuqi and others to discuss countermeasures, I want to go to the front line in person, and give a head-on blow to the Song people's rude behavior to retaliate for this matter." ”

Li Jiqian stood up and said: "The minister is willing to be the vanguard and clear the obstacles for the emperor, and I am ashamed!" ”