Listening to the lively sound of firecrackers outside, Zhao Yan was thinking about Cao Ying and the others who were far away in Tokyo City, as well as his two lovely daughters, and I don't know if they missed their father? As soon as he thought of his family, Zhao Yan wished that he could fly home with wings, so as not to suffer from lovesickness here.

This year, Zhao Yan lived with Zhao Yan, but Zhao Yan's affairs were busy, and he had to find time to accompany his Hua Zhi girl, so after eating Chinese New Year's Eve, he immediately ran away, which made Zhao Yan complain again that there was no humanity, and finally had to run to find Huang Wude, who was also alone, and called Niu Lie and a few other guard leaders, and then played poker for a night.

Although Xingqing Mansion has just experienced a war, whether it is the party or the Han people in the city, they are all used to celebrating the Spring Festival, so it is still very lively on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and Zhao Yan heard that during the Shangyuan Festival, the Lantern Festival will also be held in the city of Xingqing Fu, and the scale is not small, of course, it cannot be compared with the Lantern Festival in Kaifeng City, but it is said that it is also unique.

Could it be that a trip to Xingqing Mansion is still in the first year of the Great Song Dynasty's destruction of Western Xia, which is more commemorative, so Zhao Yan wanted to see the lantern festival of Xingqing Mansion before leaving, but what he didn't expect was that the envoys of the Yelu Chongyuan faction immediately sent the news back after signing the covenant, and the result was only the tenth day of the first month, Yelu Chongyuan's army had already escorted Li Liangzuo to the outside of Xingqing Mansion, and even Yelu Chongyuan himself came.

When Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan went to Liao, they had seen Yelu Chongyuan more than once, so the two sides were also old acquaintances, Zhao Yan went out of the city to meet each other in person for Yelu Chongyuan's peace of mind, but when they saw Yelu Chongyuan's old appearance, they were also startled, thinking of the scene when they met in Liao before, both sides were standing in hostile determination, but now they are sitting together to form an alliance, which makes them all feel a little embarrassed.

With the arrival of Yelu Chongyuan, Li Liangzuo was also personally escorted by him, and then handed over to Zhao Xu, and Zhao Ji set up a banquet outside the city to entertain Yelu Chongyuan, this banquet was held for three consecutive days, but Zhao Yan only showed up on the first day, and the remaining two days did not participate at all, after all, he and an old fox like Yelu Chongyuan really had nothing to say.

Wait until three days later, Yelu Chongyuan retreated with the army, but on the same day that Yelu Chongyuan left, Zhao Yan also secretly left Xingqing Mansion with Li Liangzuo, preparing to escort him to Tokyo City.

In order to ensure that Li Liangzuo could be sent to the Great Song Dynasty safely, this time Zhao Yan still left quietly, except for a few people such as Zhao Ji and Yang Wenguang, others did not know that he had left with a team of thousands of people, in fact, Zhao Yan's visit to Xixia was also a secret, except for the high-level of the army and the people of the military academy, other people did not know that he had been here.

On the swaying carriage, Zhao Yan lay very leisurely on the soft couch in the car, holding an open can of fruit in one hand and a small silver fork in the other, humming a small song while tasting the fruit, and the north wind whistling outside the carriage could be heard in his ears, but it was warm and coaxing in the carriage, which was really comfortable.

Zhao Yan is a person who knows how to enjoy himself, even when he is in a hurry, he must try to create a comfortable environment for himself, for example, this carriage is specially made by him, not only is it very stable and comfortable, but also has a stove that can be fired, that is, it can be heated and cooked, Zhao Yan is hungry on the stove hot things, sleepy and sleepy, this kind of life is simply more comfortable than a pig, Zhao Yan is really worried about whether he will become a big fat man when he goes to the capital.

However, Zhao Yan is not just for his own enjoyment, he will also open the window from time to time to look at a car next to him, this car is also the same as the special one, on the surface it looks like an ordinary carriage, but the four walls are made of steel, and the doors are also fastened by several special locks, the keys to these locks Zhao Yan has one, and the other few are scattered on the other people in the team, such as Huang Wude has one in his hand, if you want to open the window, you must find all the keys.

Such a sturdy and sturdy car, naturally not for ordinary people to sit on, it is Li Liangzuo and Empress Liang who are imprisoned in it, the two emperors of the dead country, speaking of which, since they were sent to the hands of the Great Song Dynasty by Yelu Chongyuan, they have been very calm, especially Li Liangzuo, more as if he had accepted his fate, and has been sitting quietly in the corner of the carriage without saying a word.

For Li Liangzuo, the emperor of Western Xia, Zhao Yan was also very curious at first, and even when he saw the other party for the first time, he deliberately stood outside the prisoner car and looked at the other party seriously, but he saw that the other party was about the same age as Zhao Ji, not tall but very burly, with a rectangular face, very narrow eyes, and used to squinting at people, and it was these eyes that made Li Liangzuo look like a ruthless and deep temperament, which made people dare not underestimate it.

Li Liangzuo didn't have any special reaction when he saw Zhao Yan, he still sat there quietly without saying a word, even if he knew Zhao Yan's identity, he also had this expression. It is actually not surprising for Li Liangzuo's expression, after all, Li Liangzuo, as the king of a country, has now become a prisoner, and in order to maintain his last bit of prestige as an emperor, he can only deal with everything in silence.

Thinking of Li Liangzuo, Zhao Yan immediately thought of Li Liangzuo's wife, that is, the war madman Empress Liang in history, this vicious woman launched several wars against the Great Song Dynasty for her own power, leading to the death of hundreds of thousands of people. But now this Queen Liang is still only a young woman in her twenties, and she can hook up with Li Liangzuo, she is naturally very beautiful, but unfortunately Zhao Yan hates this woman very much, and she has not looked at her at all.

Zhao Yan in the carriage glanced at the car of Li Liangzuo and his wife in front of him through the window, and immediately closed the window, although it had passed the Spring Festival, but the weather outside was still very cold.

But as soon as Zhao Yan closed the window, he heard someone knocking on his car door outside, and then a middle-aged man's voice sounded outside the door: "King of the county, the last general asks to see!" ”

"Please come in!" Hearing that it was a kind of man outside, Zhao Yan also immediately spoke, this time in order to protect his safety, and also to escort Li Liangzuo to the capital, Zhao Yan specially sent an army of 5,000 people to escort him, and the general who led this army was the one who had a relationship with Zhao Yan last time.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, the seed outside opened the car door, and with a gust of cold wind rushed in, and then a middle-aged man wearing armor walked into the carriage, because the space in the carriage was limited, and the seed was in armor, and it was inconvenient to salute, Zhao Yan directly motioned for him to sit down and explain his intention.

Chong Mo was not polite, sat down and bowed his hand to Zhao Yanyi and said: "The county king, the last general has divided the army into two parts, of which 3,000 people are guarding the county king, and the other 2,000 people are far behind, which is about a day's journey away from us, so that if something happens on the way, they can also rescue quickly!" ”

"Very good, does General Chong think this plan can be successful?" Zhao Yan didn't show a surprised expression when he heard Chong Ge's words, because this was something he had discussed with Chong Ge before, although the matter of them escorting Li Liangzuo back to the Great Song Dynasty was very confidential, but thousands of people acted together, and no one dared to guarantee that the news would not be revealed, in case it was known by those Xixia remnants who did not give up, they would definitely try their best to come to the rescue, and the five thousand soldiers of Chong Ge were to defend those Western Xia remnants.

Originally, Zhao Yan just wanted to rely on the 5,000-strong army to return to the Great Song Dynasty safely, but not long after leaving Xingqing Mansion, Chong Ge proposed an idea to Zhao Yan, that is, to divide a part of the army, so that the strength of the escort team would be weakened, so as to attract those Western Xia remnants to come to the rescue of Li Liangzuo, if they dared to come, then they could wipe out those Western Xia remnants, so that Western Xia could be much more peaceful.

Speaking of which this idea can be described as very bold, even very risky, first of all, the strength of the guards is weakened, in case it is really the remnants of the Western Xia really come to save Li Liangzuo, Zhao Yan in the same convoy may also encounter danger, in case those remnants of the Western Xia really rescue Li Liangzuo, then not only the situation in the Western Xia will deteriorate, Zhao Yan will also be implicated, even if Zhao Shu is unwilling to investigate, I am afraid that those officials in the court will not let him go.

In addition, Zhao Yan also knows very clearly that the reason why Chong Ge put forward this idea is actually nothing more than to take this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, after all, it is also a great achievement to clean up the remnants of Western Xia, which is also in line with the character of Chong Ge who is good at great achievements and likes to take risks, think about the original history, when there was no war between Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, Chong Ge would even deliberately provoke a war, in order to give himself a chance to make meritorious contributions, and now that he has such a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, he will naturally not give up, so he will work hard to persuade Zhao Yan.

Originally, with Zhao Yan's character of seeking stability, he would not agree to such a risky method at all, not to mention putting himself in danger, and he was even more wise, but just when Zhao Yan wanted to refuse, he inadvertently got a message from Huang Wude, and it was this news that made him dispel his original idea and decide to take a risk.

"Don't worry, the king of the county, saving Li Liangzuo is the last hope for those remnants of Western Xia to restore the country, and once we enter the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, they will have no chance, so the last general dares to guarantee that before we leave Western Xia, those remnants of Western Xia will definitely do it!" At this time, his eyes were shining, and he said confidently, as long as those remnants of Western Xia dared to come, it would be the time for him to make meritorious contributions. R1152