Su Zhe couldn't get an idea, so he glanced at Wu Haowen, and Wu Haowen asked with a smile: "Why did Inspector Zhang take how much delicious food today?" Is today the festival of Da Liao? ”

Zhang Jue did not answer, but ordered his subordinates to set up the wine and food, and then waved them to leave, and after they left, he sighed and said: "Our peace envoy will come to Xijin Mansion soon, and the ban will be lifted from tomorrow, and the food supply will return to normal." ”

"This is ......" Su Zhe looked at Zhang Jue's expression, and a strong uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart, and he asked again: "What's wrong?" ”

"Su Xianggong...... Now it's time to fight! Zhang Jue said frankly.

"Fighting?" Su Zhe hurriedly asked, "Who is fighting with whom?" ”

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly: "Of course Da Song and Da Liao are fighting!" ”

A flush flashed on Su Zhe's face, his body shook, and he almost fell over from the seat.

"Su Xianggong." Wu Haowen hurriedly went up and helped him.

Lin Yi asked in a trembling voice, "Have the Khitans attacked Jiehe Shang City?" ”

"No," Zhang Jue shook his head, "It's not me who started first......

"It's not Da Liao...... Lin Yi's eyes were about to pop out, "Could it be that my Great Song Dynasty started the war first?" ”

Zhang Jue nodded, "It's your country's high-ranking man...... He led an army of 20,000 to follow behind the 10,000 Liao army that retreated eastward, and launched a surprise attack with armored cavalry at sunrise, killing more than 500 people of the Nanpi Room army, and also robbing countless horses, cattle and sheep! ”

"Impossible!"

"No way!"

Su Zhe and Lin Yu both jumped up.

This is really impossible, the armored cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty launched a surprise attack on the leather room army of the Liao State, killing more than 500 people, and robbing a lot of cattle, sheep and horses! How is this possible?

"It's true......" Zhang Jue paused for a moment, and then emphatically emphasized, "Otherwise, how could the lower officials receive the order to lift the ban on the pavilion today?" How could Yelu Xianggong and Ma Xianggong come to Xijin Mansion to negotiate with the two in person? ”

"Impossible, impossible......" Su Zhe still shook his head, "The western thieves are not pacified, how can the imperial court start a war with Daliao in the northwest?" ”

Lin Ji asked: "Inspector Zhang, Xingling has not been broken, has it?" ”

"Of course not," Zhang Jue shook his head, "Where is it so fast?" To conquer Xingling, it is impossible to do it without 100,000 soldiers, and it will take two or three months just to prepare, right? ”

"But how could Gao Yu go to war?" Lin Jue looked at Zhang Jue and asked.

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly: "How do the officials know about this?" Deputy Envoy Lin should go and ask the court of the Great Song Dynasty. Now that the ban on the pavilion has been lifted, you can send someone south at any time. ”

After speaking, Zhang Jue arched his hand, and turned around and walked out of the pavilion. Tonight, he had to send someone to send the news to Jiehe Business City and report it to Murong Wangwu and Ximen Qing! In addition, he had to send someone to Liaoyang Mansion to report to Ma Zhi, who was the deputy envoy of the Tokyo-do Department.

This war came too suddenly, not only beyond the expectations of Su Zhe and others, but also without the mental preparation of Ma Zhi and Zhang Jue.

The two of them are still trying to climb to the position of the envoy of the military state, but after all, they have not yet become the envoy of the festival, and they have no military power in their hands, so it is impossible to raise troops to rebel against Liao!

If Song and Liao really fought, what should he and Ma Zhi do?

"Hope ......"

Su Zhe looked at Zhang Jue and left dejectedly, and called Wu Haowen to his side in a low voice, "It seems that what Zhang Jue said is true, Gao Yu really led the troops to fight the Liao army." You hurry up and prepare, set off early tomorrow morning, and go to Kaifeng Mansion to ask the official, what is going on? ”

"Su Xianggong," Lin said in a low voice, "It's impossible for the imperial court to do this...... Isn't it crazy that Western Xia took the initiative to start a war with the Liao State without destroying it? ”

Su Zhe shook his head, "Yan Zhen, do you think the Liao people are cheating?" ”

"No, could it be ......" Lin paused, "Is it the high master who is strict and provokes the border!?" ”

"How is that possible?" Wu Haowen shook his head and said, "If you start a war with the Liao State without authorization, you will lose your head!" Gao Shiyan has a few heads, how dare he act like this? ”

"That's right." Lin Yi nodded, "Maybe the official family has some plans, we don't know, right?" ”

"That's right," Wu Haowen nodded, "It must be like this!" ”

……

The official Zhao Ji didn't know that Gao Yu had committed the crime of winning the battle at this time, because he didn't know that there was a "Battle of Mingtangchuan". No one reported to him, and in the recitals sent by Gao Yu, Wu Haogu and Tong Guan, they only said that they had agreed with the Liao people to take Dahengshui as the boundary and temporarily disengage from contact.

In addition, Su Chi, the governor of Yinzhou Prefecture, also reported a proposal to build a series of cities such as Mingtang City, Mingchuan City, Dijinze City, and Shuozhou City to protect the southern part of the Hetao grassland.

For such a situation in the Hetao, Zhao Ji is very satisfied. Therefore, he immediately approved Su Chi's proposal, and also promoted Su Chi to the deputy envoy of Shuofang Road and the governor of Yinzhou, and was fully responsible for building the castle.

At the same time, he issued an edict to warn Gao Yu and Wu Haogu - never provoke the Liao State, not only can you not shoot the first arrow first, but you are not even allowed to lure the obstruction tribes in the Liao State to return.

After this, Zhao Ji's entire attention turned to the Battle of Qin Wangchuan.

It's been a long time! Seeing that it was summer, Zhong Fu and Gao Yongnian hadn't succeeded yet. They are really far behind Gao Yu. It's really not good, let's let Gao Yu go to Hexi to replace Gao Yongnian!

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Ji, who was a little impatient by the battle of Qin Wangchuan, put forward the idea of changing generals in battle.

"Your Majesty," Cai Jing played, "Now that the two armies of Qin Wangchuan are facing each other, there is already a decisive battle. And Zhong Fu and Gao Yongnian have been planning for many days, they have just gathered a large army, and they are about to break the enemy in one fell swoop, and they suddenly change generals, just afraid of shaking the hearts of the army. ”

It turned out that King Chage of Jin had already rushed to Qin Wangchuan with the replenished Iron Harrier, the garrison and more than 70,000 support soldiers.

However, the Gao Yongnian Division, who had besieged Qinwangchuan for a long time, was not able to blow up the walls of Qinwangchuan - the saltpeter and sulfur they used to configure gunpowder were not of high purity, nor were they fully ground, and they were not evenly stirred, and they were not configured in front of the battle, but in Lanzhou to be arranged for good luck to Qinwangchuan. Due to the bumps during transportation, the carbon powder, saltpeter, and sulfur were partially separated, so the explosion power was greatly weakened, and the cave blasting was not successful!

However, Zhong Fu and Gao Yongnian did not gain nothing, while besieging the city of Qin Wangchuan, they also built another castle in the center of Qin Wangchuan, called Zhenqin Fort, as the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty in Qin Wangchuan.

Therefore, after the arrival of the Chage army, Gao Yongnian did not retreat, but relieved the siege of Qin Wangchuan and went to defend Qinbao.

Now the two armies are facing each other in the town of Qin Fort - Qin Wangchuan City, both sides gritting their teeth, neither daring to fight a decisive battle, nor refusing to retreat. In fact, it is consuming military rations, compared to logistics.

King Chage of Jin placed millions of stones, grains and grass in Qinwangchuan City, which was enough to support it for a long time. And the Song army also has the capital to survive, and the previous battle of Hehuang went smoothly, so the grain and grass stored in Lanzhou City are not much, and it can also allow Gao Yongnian's army to support for a few months.

Until the military rations are exhausted, both sides will not dare to fight a decisive battle easily.

As for the Eastern Front, because the Liao army entered the Hetao area, Tong Guan and Tao Jiefu, who had already made enough contributions, chose a conservative route.

Now as long as they keep the territory of the four states of Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou, what else do they have to worry about?

Moreover, in the case of the Liao State sending troops, it was impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to destroy Xingling in one fell swoop. Such a head work is undoubtedly the work of Tong Guan, Gao Yu and Tao Jiefu.

"Your Majesty," Su Dongpo, who was so thin that he was a little out of shape, opened his mouth weakly at this time, and he coughed, "The old minister thought that there was no need to fight to the death with the Western Thief in Qin Wangchuan. Now Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and other four states are all owned by me. The Hetao grassland looks like it will be divided between our dynasty and the Khitan again. How could the Western Thief gain a long-term foothold in Xingling? Qin Wangchuan's gains and losses are no longer important, and now there is no need to force the West Thief to die. ”

Zhao Ji frowned, he was quite looking forward to Qin Wangchuan's battle. The Western Xia had an army of 80,000 to 100,000 there, and although the Song army was only 50,000, they were all elites of Xihe Road, and the logistics were also very sufficient, so they could be dragged down.

Moreover, Lu Huiqing and Zhe Keshi's Jingyuan Army have not yet made a big move! As long as they can capture Weizhou and approach Lingzhou, are they afraid that Brother Cha will not retreat and return to help?

Cai Jing looked at Zhao Ji's expression, and just wanted to speak according to the meaning of the official family, a small yellow door of the imperial medicine hospital walked in quickly, leaned over and whispered a few words in front of Zhao Ji.

"Why is he here?" Zhao Ji was stunned, "What did you say for?" ”

Xiao Huangmen said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wu Haowen only said that he was ordered by Xiao Su Xianggong to ask about the Song Liao war and His Majesty's plans. ”

"Song Liao War?" Zhao Ji was confused, "Did he really say that?" ”

"That's what I said."

Zhao Ji paused, "Call him in!" ”

"Whoa."

Xiao Huangmen took the order and left, and the important ministers present also felt strange and looked at Zhao Ji.

Now it's Chongzheng Palace, yes! Why is there still someone involved? Not in line, right?

Just as he was pondering, he saw Wu Haowen, who was wearing a gray green robe, trotting in all the way in, his brows furrowed as if he was preoccupied.

"Your Majesty," after seeing Zhao Ji, Wu Haowen first bowed, and then reported first without waiting for Zhao Ji to ask, "The minister waited for Yanjing to get the news, Gao Yu led an army of 20,000 to break the more than 10,000 people of the Qing army in the east of the Mingtang River around mid-March, killed 500 leather chamber armor horses, and captured countless cattle, sheep and horses......"

"Huh!?" Zhao Ji shouted, "Wu Haowen, what are you talking about?" You, you, aren't you crazy? ”

Zhang Kangguo, who knew the Privy Council, also said: "Wu Wangdao, where did you hear the information? How did the Privy Council not know? ”

Liu Kui also said: "I haven't heard of it yet!" There's no such thing! ”

Su Dongpo coughed a few times, frowned and looked at Wu Haowen who couldn't smile bitterly, "Wangdao, what's going on?" ”

Wu Haowen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Su Xianggong, the lower officials don't know very well, the matter of the war was said by the Liao officials of Xijin Mansion...... Xiao Su Xianggong and Deputy Envoy Lin both believed it. But here in Kaifeng Mansion, it seems that he doesn't know anything. ”