Yang Zhi knew very well that what Fan Zhixu wanted was not the truth, but the words of Runzhou, otherwise Wang Yu was likely to be attacked by the imperial historians; fortunately, Yang Zhi had already received Zhao Kai's instructions, smiled and said: "Wang Yu is just backward in tactics, and always wants to defend as an attack as in the past; but I don't have Tong Guan's capital, so I have to not listen to him, and there is no pot that deliberately writes to deceive the court." When my side settles down, I will send some of the loot to Runzhou, and arrange for the payment of grain. ”

Fan Zhixu wanted this result, so he did not return to Chang'an with Lu Fayuan, but stayed in Qingyang; after a few days, Wang Yu came to the post house with a proud force, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Yang has already agreed with King Yun, this time the grain will be paid for with war horses and Western Xia goods, and 2,000 war horses will be sent to Runzhou and 300 war horses to Chang'an. ”

"Profiteers. Yang Zhi killed almost 50,000 cavalry in Western Xia this time, and it is said that more than 20,000 war horses were captured, not including more than 10,000 war horses among the 100,000 livestock robbed by Yang Zhi;

Fan Zhixu nodded, there are two thousand war horses to endorse, not to mention the suspicious plan that the Dingbei Army does not admit, it is really to deceive Runzhou, and Runzhou will not account for it; besides, the grain is paid, just by virtue of this, the Dingbei Army is more trustworthy than King Kang's subordinates, and it will definitely make the faces of the three envoys and the household department much better. Fan Zhixu asked curiously, "Where did you get the money?"

Wang Yu smiled and said: "There are seven palaces in Xixia opposite Xi'an, and Yang Zhi arranged for Qu Duan to let people move all the materials inside, and prepare to send them to Jiangnan to ask the saint to decide, which is equivalent to three months' grain, and another 10,000 catties of green and white salt and 3,000 war horses, which are equivalent to tea and freight. The king of Shengshang decided to sacrifice 2,000 war horses, 10,000 cattle and sheep, and 30 sets of carabiners. ”

Lu Fa had 300 war horses and a sum of freight for nothing, so he naturally had no opinion; Fan Zhixu paused for a long time before asking: "If Chang'an is assigned to Yang Zhi, will it still be possible to push the battle line forward?"

Wang Yu nodded without hesitation and said, "That's natural, at least 100,000 more troops, but Lord Fan, you'd better not mention this matter, lest you end up on both sides." Seriously, I served Yang Zhi, he really didn't care about the gains and losses of one city and one castle, so that he could give Xixia such a blow. Yang Zhi said to King Yun, when I go back this time, I will resume my position as the envoy of Huanqing Road, and assist Tuntian next year, as long as Tuntian succeeds, we will be able to fight with Western Xia for a long time. By the way, King Yun also asked me to bring a letter saying that he wanted to do business with Runzhou. ”

The stone in Fan Zhixu's heart fell to the ground, and he immediately wrote a recital, and together with Zhao Kai's recital, he first sent it to Runzhou by 800 miles on a fast horse, and then asked Lu Fayuan to return to Chang'an, so that Wang seemed to arrange the transportation team; this is a tacit understanding of the Dingbei Army, and Yang Zhi will not expect his soldiers to walk thousands of miles safely, and he will not and disdain to fight for this credit.

Eight hundred miles of good news arrived in Runzhou in three days, Song Huizong learned that Shaanxi would send 5,000 war horses and a large number of supplies to Jiangnan, and immediately overjoyed, the victory of Western Xia made him temporarily forget about Hebei, and set up a banquet in the palace to celebrate. Most of the magnates in Runzhou were summoned to the palace for a banquet, but a few families were happy and a few were sad.

Tang Chong, Guo Zhongxun, and others were overjoyed, and if King Yun had such a tacit understanding, a series of things would be easier to handle; Jiangnan could not raise good war horses, and what they were most worried about was that Shaanxi would make a fuss about war horses, but if they could exchange grain and tea for war horses for a long time, then almost everyone would have confidence that with the wealth of Jiangnan, it would never be a problem to buy 10,000 war horses from Shaanxi a year.

A stone in the heart of the household department fell to the ground, and the Dingbei army actually agreed to pay money to buy it, even if it was to use the spoils of war to pay off the debt, it was better than supplying Zhang Jun's side only to go in and out; Wang Xiang, the secretary of the household department, was filled with righteous indignation when he talked about Zhang Jun's collection of centijin: "It is said that Shaanxi, Yingtianfu, and Hedong did not collect centigold, and Gyeonggi Road is now making a lot of money, and it does not fight, and it cries all day long. It would be nice if they could be like Shaanxi and be sympathetic to the household. Master Xie, you have been in Gyeonggi Road for a long time, and I remember that when Yang Zhi was in Gyeonggi Road, he didn't need so many supplies. ”

Xie Kejia was the person in charge of Zhao Gou's dispatch to Runzhou to coordinate supplies, and knew that he could not escape this catastrophe, so he said under the gaze of Song Huizong and his ministers: "The Dingbei Army has recovered Kaide Mansion and Caozhou and other places, and the population has increased by hundreds of thousands at once, and the Western Army is not like the Dingbei Army to coordinate on its own, so the expenses will exceed the original Dingbei Army period." As for the cent, it is mainly used to purchase war horse weapons, and I heard that Yang Zhi sent 5,000 war horses to Runzhou, so it is better to allocate some of them to Gyeonggi Road. ”

Tang Zhong, the secretary of the military department, said with a smile: "When the Western Army arrived at the Gyeonggi Road, it emptied the family of Chang'an, and I heard that 46,000 cavalry were transferred to Bianliang, and now they are not fighting, so Zhang Jun lacks any war horses; is it because there is a problem with the peace talks, or has it always been a cover?"

Tang Chong's tone was obviously ridiculous, but the sharpness of his words was suffocating; the Song-Jin peace talks had not been determined for several months, and the Jin State had not been stamped with the national seal for a long time, whether it was unwilling or there was a hidden secret; Zhang Jun's move of needing a war horse made it easy to think that Zhang Jun was presiding over the peace talks on the surface, but in fact he was actively preparing for war. There is only one possibility of such an anomaly, Bianliang concealed the news, and it was very important news.

Looking at Song Huizong's gaze, Xie Kejia felt that trace of suspicion, and hurriedly distinguished: "Take precautions, now Gao Qingyi is staying in Bianliang, and he keeps saying that the agreement is fine, but Wu Qimai has no response in Youzhou." King Kang and Master Zhang were afraid of the capriciousness of the Jin people, so they prepared early. ”

"Since you know that the Jin people are capricious, and you still negotiate with the Jin people?" Zheng Yinian said mockingly, Song Gongming smiled and said: "Lord Zheng, the peace talks still have to be discussed, but Bianliang has to find out whether Youzhou is dissatisfied with the terms or doesn't want to talk at all." The most important thing is that Gyeonggi Road needs to solve people's livelihood, and once the people's hearts are disturbed, rumors will spread. ”

Fortunately, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong was in a good mood, and he knew that the Xie Ke family was not the person in charge, so he said with a smile: "Good things are not taken in the hurry, and the Dingbei Army took advantage of the peace talks to start a war in the northwest, which is a good start, come, cheers for the victory in Shaanxi." ”