More than a dozen merchant ships are parked along the Yellow River, more small boats are ferrying back and forth, constantly moving supplies from the big ships, and on the shore, hundreds of vehicles are waiting to be transported. Hekou Town is the dividing line between the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River, less than 400 miles to Hanzhong, and only 600 miles to Tianshui to bypass the mountain road, and has been an important port for thousands of years, but Lu Yi went to Weinan and asked Ming Chisong to use Hekou Town as the base camp of the water army and the Yellow River Gang, and now it has completely changed.

Ming Chisong and Yang Jin stood side by side in the port, the status of Zhao Lingxun, the Duke of Qingguo, was much higher than them, and the two of them had to put on a look of officialdom, even if they were born recklessly and were not used to it, they still did not dare to lose their interests; behind the two were two hundred soldiers who stood straight, all of them had been told, and none of them squeaked. Ming Chisong looked at the sky and said: "This year is really a bit strange, it has been more than a month in winter, the Yellow River has not frozen, and the water level has not dropped much." ”

The sun was shining in the sky, and Yang Jin said with a smile: "You can be content, otherwise we don't know how to transport these supplies, and God blesses us to set the Northern Army." ”

Zhao Lingxun had already stepped off the board under the protection of a team of guards, Zhao Lingxun walked in the front, whether it was his bearing or clothing, he looked different from others; the two hurriedly stepped forward to greet Shi Li, Zhao Lingxun had done enough homework in advance, knowing that the two belonged to Yang Zhi's henchmen, and asked a few words of kindness: "How far is it to Qinzhou." ”

Yang Jin bowed and said: "Returning to the country, it just so happens that a team of cavalry went to Qinzhou and went by carriage for two days. ”

Zhao Lingyun nodded and said, "Lord Yang has bothered, it's so good, it's just that I have twenty subordinates, can I arrange the leg strength?"

When Yang Jin heard about the twenty people, he immediately took a big package and said, "If they can ride horses, I will allocate twenty war horses from the post station to the prince." ”

Zhao Lingxun was relieved, a legendary wanderer was so well-behaved, and the Dingbei Army was still a little bit of a look; as for what to do when he arrived in Qinzhou, although Zhao Lingxun was not clear, before coming to Qinzhou, Song Huizong had already made it very clear that everything was up to Yang Zhi. Therefore, dozens of shopkeepers of Taiping Firm had already rushed all the way to Qinzhou in advance. Yang Jin's team was fifty cavalrymen who went to Qinzhou to report for duty, and Yang Jin told Shi Quan, the junior colonel headed by him, to protect Zhao Lingxun and his party.

On the official road to Qinzhou, people shouted and neighed, which was completely different from Zhao Lingxun's original estimate, whether it was merchants or soldiers were in a hurry, and it was rare to see the leisurely appearance on the side of Gyeonggi Road; Zhao Lingxun lowered the curtains, and could see that Hekou Town and other places were hurrying to send countless supplies to Qinzhou, so as to avoid traffic jams and inability to transfer when the back was frozen, which was a sign before the war.

Zhao Lingxun closed his eyes and leaned against the wooden wall of the carriage for a while, then opened his eyes and gently picked up the teacup on the small coffee table, this kind of grooved carriage special coffee table and matching teacups are also said to be the first to be made by the north-south line, so that the tea will not tip over when the carriage is running; This time, Zhao Lingxun couldn't afford to lose, and Song Huizong had so much hope, if he lost, Zhao Lingxun was likely to be wiped out.

The embarrassing position in the court made Zhao Lingxun have a great sense of loss most of the time, he was not an extremely conceited person, but he also hoped that he could become a hero and push himself to a height. After receiving Song Huizong's will, Zhao Lingxuan did not hesitate too much, he knew that this was an opportunity for himself, and sure enough, the people of Dunzong Yuan and Taiping Firm burst out with great enthusiasm, and some young people set off for Qinzhou on the night of receiving the task.

Along the way, Zhao Lingxun also received news from Qinzhou and Taiyuan, both sides welcomed the Taiping firm, and Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, directly stated that Zhao Lingxun did not need to go to Taiyuan to see, just go to Qinzhou directly. This made Zhao Lingxun frustrated, but also a little nervous, King Yun didn't even need to go through the motions, indicating that the situation was very serious; Zhao Lingxun took another sip of tea, the key is the materials, as long as the materials arrive, the work that should be done is completed.

The carriage stopped, and Shi Quan said outside the carriage: "Qingguo Gong, Qinzhou Express." ”

Zhao Lingyun stretched out his hand to open the door curtain, looked at Shi Quan and asked, "Tell me." ”

"The Zhifu Division has come to the official document and asks us to escort the adults to Qinzhou. Shi Quan handed over an official document and explained: "It's a matter of confidentiality, and the villain has no right to read the contents." ”

Zhao Lingyun's face twitched a few times, and Shi Quan's words were a little sarcastic; Zhao Lingyun's guards took the letter and presented it to Zhao Lingyun, Zhao Lingxuan tore off the fire paint seal and saw that Yang Zhi had something to do, and arranged for Li Jinyi and Fan Shiyan to receive him, and the letter was written by Li Jinyi, the general judge of the transfer department. Zhao Lingxun knew the distance, even if he was hypocritical about the six hundred miles, it would only take two days to arrive, and Yang Zhi couldn't even wait for two days.

Zhao Lingxun realized that something must have happened, but Yang Zhi was not there, and Zhao Lingxun was not in a hurry, and said expressionlessly: "Keep moving forward and rest at the next post station." ”

Shi Quan looked at Zhao Lingyun in amazement, took a deep breath, squeezed out a little smile and said, "Obey." ”

Zhao Lingxun nodded, after all, the Dingbei Army was the most elite army in the Great Song Dynasty, and no one doubted the orders of his superiors, Shi Quan could see that he was a little reluctant, but he had no objections.

Qinzhou, one watchday, in the bedroom in the backyard of the Fu Division, Yang Zhi sat on the kang and put his cold feet in the copper basin brought by the fourth sister, the water temperature was just right, which made people feel comfortable to relieve fatigue, and the fourth sister sat on the wooden bench and asked, "What do you think?"

"The army of Western Xia has almost been assembled, I have to start making plans for the future, 200,000 iron cavalry is not a joke, but the battle plan on the Taiyuan side has not yet come out. Zong Ze was ill, and Xu Huiyan and several people considered too many things. Yang Zhi closed his eyes, since he wanted to hit Xixia by surprise, it was a good choice to strike first, Taiyuan was slow to move, Xu Huiyan and the others' minds were obvious, they wanted Shaanxi to withstand the pressure of the 200,000 army, and then see the opportunity to move again.

No matter what Xu Huiyan's purpose was, this practice made Yang Zhi disgusted, and Xu Huiyan had already been put on the list of non-cooperative combat, and what Yang Zhi was most worried about was that once the army of the Fourth Route in Shaanxi could not support it, with the mentality of Xu Huiyan and others, he might not dare to send troops; at that point, the whole situation would be different, and if the Western Xia army fought a smooth battle, Chong Bin would probably not be able to stay in Weizhou.