At this time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, Li Yanqing immediately put away the letter, and when he turned around, he saw a soldier standing behind him holding a black box.

"What is this?"

"Back in the army, we found a secret cabinet in the corner, and there was only this box in it."

Li Yanqing glanced at the corner of the wall, and the corner of the wall was indeed opened with a two-foot square opening.

"Put it on the table!"

"Yes!"

The soldier placed the box on the table and retreated.

Li Yanqing said to a few soldiers again: "You all go elsewhere to find a dark room!" There won't be any more here. ”

The soldiers all retreated, and only Li Yanqing was left in the official room, he stepped forward and closed the door, and then took out Gao Yu's letter and continued to read.

Although there is not a single word in the letter about what it is, nor does it mention the name of the planter, but after the resignation of the planter, everyone knows what the letter is about?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it is a good word, but the dignified palace guards all command the envoy to communicate with the commander in charge of the border military power of the enemy country, and this crime itself will make Gao Yu unable to eat and walk around.

Li Yanqing carefully put away the letter, then walked to the table, and gently stroked the beautifully made rosewood box, in fact, there was no need to open it, Li Yanqing also knew what was inside, but he still wanted to find what he wanted.

Li Yanqing pressed the small lock, 'Click! The lock flicked open, and he slowly opened the box, and sure enough, just as he thought, the box was covered with a layer of golden satin, and six pieces of jade were placed in the depression on it.

These jade stones have not been carved, but in terms of jade quality, each piece of jade is warm and delicate, without a trace of flaws, among which there is a piece of jasper and a piece of topaz, all of which are the best mutton fat jade, which should be the chalcedony mentioned in Li Kuixin, which is worth a lot of money, otherwise it would not have been carefully collected by Li Liangfu.

However, judging from the thickness of the box, this is only the first layer, there should be content below, Li Yanqing pinched the edge and slowly lifted the top layer, and there was indeed another layer below, it was actually an eight-inch long jade bird, which was made of a piece of square jade, and the shape was extremely simple, perhaps it was too old, and there was already a slight crack on it.

Although Li Yanqing didn't know how to identify jade, he also knew that this kind of jade of Shang and Zhou was a priceless treasure, and at this time, Li Yanqing saw a beautiful finger next to the jade bird, only half of which was lifelike, and it was completely a slender jade finger.

This is the jade finger mentioned by Gao Yu in the letter! A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Yanqing's mouth, there was a letter and a jade finger, and Gao Yu's handle was pinched into his hand.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, "Lao Li, it's me!" Outside was Wang Gui's excited voice that he couldn't hide.

This kid should have found something, Li Yanqing covered the box, "Come in!" ”

The door was open, Wang Gui pushed open the door and rushed in, "Lao Li, we found the secret room." ”

"Torture out?" Li Yanqing said with a smile.

"The five Western Xia bastards actually know that none of them are willing to say anything, and they are all confessed by torturing them separately, it is a cave with a lot of documents and a lot of gold and silver treasures."

"Put the paperwork in the cave, aren't you afraid of mold?"

"The cave is very dry, it will not be moldy, there are several large boxes of documents and dozens of boxes of gold and silver treasures in it, we have made a fortune, do you want to go and see it?"

Li Yanqing was no longer interested in gold and silver treasures, and shook his head, "I won't go to read them, you register them all and take them away together." ”

"Lao Li, there is something ......," Wang Gui said in a hesitant manner.

"What are you going to say?" Li Yanqing looked at him strangely.

Wang Gui took out a sword from behind him, "This sword was also found in the cave, in a copper box, you know.... I've always lacked a good sword. ”

Li Yanqing took the sword casually, this sword was three feet long, the scabbard was gorgeous, and it was inlaid with nine precious stones, he gently pulled out the sword, and saw that the sword was cold and shining, extremely sharp, and it was a sword that had never been used before.

Li Yanqing handed him the sword, "This sword is good, you can take it!" ”

Wang Gui was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Thank you Lao Li.... No! Thank you, Commander. ”

He was afraid that Li Yanqing would regret it, so he turned around and ran away in a panic.

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, in fact, he has never been such a strict person, he just doesn't want to be caught by others, otherwise it will be better to hide the wealth of the cave and use it in the future?

Rested overnight in the Maitreya Cave military camp, and the next day, 3,000 troops were left in the division to defend the barracks, and he led the army to return to the Song army camp in Shizhou with Li Yanqing.

………

The western front of the Song army was mainly the first line of the Shaanxi Road, and the 150,000 army led by Tong Guanqin went north, plus the Xiang army, the fan army, the township soldiers, and the people, at least nearly 400,000 troops participated in the northern offensive on the western front.

The western front also faced heavy mountain blockages in the north, including more than a dozen mountains with a length of thousands of miles, such as Lingbo Mountain, Rouwolf Mountain, Killing Niuling, and Douling, which made it extremely difficult for the Song army to go north.

There are two roads to the north on the west line, all the way to Huizhou, along the Yellow River to the north, and the other road to Hulushui, Hulushui is also a big river, across the Douling to form a canyon, this canyon is much wider than the Wuding River Canyon on the east line, the narrowest part is more than a dozen miles, Tong Guan finally chose to take the Hulushui Canyon to the north.

Like the eastern front, the Western Xia army also has a strategic point in the northern section of the Hulushui Gorge, called the Xiangyikou, out of the canyon and then thirty miles, is another place built in the dangerous place of the cottage, called Ta Cut Village, in the north is Weizhou.

Reward the transfer of the mouth - Ta cut the village - Weizhou, the three lines of defense formed the southern gate of Xiping Mansion, the key place of Western Xia Jinggi, once Xiping Mansion was lost, Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, was exposed under the Song army.

The Song army spent ten days and night attacking the Reward Shift, and finally won the Reward Pass at a heavy cost of 30,000 casualties, so that the Song army crossed the Douling Ridge and directly faced another dangerous pass of the Western Xia army.

On how to attack the Ta Cutting Village, Tong Guan and the deputy general Liu Fa had serious differences of opinion.

Liu Fa is also a veteran of nearly sixty years, who has been an official in the frontier for a long time, leading the troops with civilian officials, and has made great achievements, and is recognized as the first general at that time.

Five years ago, Liu Fa also walked the same route, he led 30,000 troops to Lian Ke to reward the mouth, step on the village and Weizhou, the army under the city of Xiping Mansion, Xiping Mansion is Lingzhou, shaking the Western Xia, if it were not for Li Liangfu desperately to hold Lingzhou, the Song army had already arrived in the capital of the Western Xia, although that battle Liu Fa because of the lone army deep, lack of support, and finally led to the destruction of the whole army, but he has made the Western Xia people have lingering palpitations.

In the big tent, Liu Fa and Tong Guan fought for sending troops to cut the village, Liu Fa raised his voice and said: "The good opportunity to destroy the Western Xia was ten years ago when the emperor and queen were in dispute, and now Li Qianshun has been in power for ten years, making great efforts, and the national strength has begun to recover. Even if you want to destroy the Western Xia, you should take it step by step, cut off the territory of the Western Xia little by little, and slowly drag it down with the strong national strength of the Song Dynasty, without rushing to achieve success, and it is simply unrealistic to destroy the Western Xia in a few months. ”

Tong Guan looked at him coldly, "This is the decision of the Son of Heaven, how many dares do you have to fight against the Son of Heaven?" ”

Liu Fa also said angrily: "The Son of Heaven wants to destroy Western Xia because the Liao State is contained by the Jurchens and has no time to look westward, but this pattern of containment will last for at least five or six years, and we can take it step by step and strangle Western Xia within three years, how can we defeat Western Xia in two or three months?" As a minister, you should tell the truth to the Son of Heaven and trust that the Son of Heaven will make a wise decision. ”

Tong Guan snorted heavily, "I know that you don't want to lead the army to trample on the village, so you found all kinds of reasons to prevaricate, and moved the Son of Heaven out to press me, okay!" If you don't want to fight, I'll send someone else to fight. ”

Liu Fa glared at Tong Guan angrily, "I, Liu Fa, have been crisscrossing the northwest for thirty years, how can I ever take a step back?" Since you want to be stubborn, well, I will no longer oppose you, I will lead the troops to trample and cut the village, and we will see if you can destroy the Western Xia in the end! ”

After speaking, Liu Fa flicked his sleeves, turned around and strode away.

Tong Guan looked at Liu Fa and walked away, and coldly ordered: "Order the Fifth Army to attack Ta Cut Village with Vice General Liu tonight!" ”[.]