The air was full of humidity, a gust of wind blew, the bow of the ship was a little cool, and the sailors were busy shouting for a while; Yang Zhi looked at Chong Bin and asked tentatively: "How is Qu Duan now, I heard that he only has 4,000 men under his command, can he hold the Jingyuan Road?"

"Now there is no large-scale army in Western Xia, from the military point of view, it is those local wealthy families who are making trouble, Quduan can definitely be suppressed, I heard the seed said, Quduan is still quite popular in Guanzhong, although he does not abide by the rules, but the ability to control the situation is still there. "Chong Bin knew that Yang Zhi wanted to use Qu Duan, Qu Duan was Yang Zhi's sworn brother, and he and Qu Duan did not have any deep hatred, so he naturally said it tactfully; besides, Wang Yu and Liu Qi had already arrived at the front line, so it can be said that even if Western Xia had a big plan, the most uncertain time point had passed, and the back only looked at the military strength of both sides.

Yang Zhi nodded and said: "Most of the generals of the Western Army are fighting out step by step in the army, and the strengths on the battlefield sometimes turn into weaknesses when they are officials, I understand." When the time comes, I will keep reminding Qu Duan that sometimes heroes are not judged by winning battles in officialdom. ”

Yang Zhi really understood that in another time and space, Qu Duan was ruthlessly pit Li Yanxian, causing Li Yanxian to commit suicide after the defeat in Shaanzhou, Zhang Jun recorded this account on Qu Duan's head, and finally killed Qu Duan as a scapegoat after the defeat of the Western Army. Although the people in Guanshan were indignant, Qu Duan's death was irretrievable, causing a large number of Guanshan heroes to turn to cooperate with the Jin State, so that although the Southern Song Dynasty had famous generals like Wu Jue in Guanshan, there was still no progress in the war for decades.

"From the perspective of war, it's enough, if the Western Xia people really dare to come to our tiger whiskers of the Dingbei Army, Lao Tzu will let him come and go. Li Yanxian snorted coldly, he didn't have a good impression of the Jin people and the Xixia people, and he understood that Yang Zhi took the army to Shaanxi Silu not to live a comfortable life, and it was only a matter of time before he went to war; as for the dark side of officialdom, Li Yanxian didn't pay attention to it. Wang Xie smiled and said: "The Western Xia army is very powerful, but in Yinzhou and Jingzhou, we are not afraid to fight back. ”

Chong Bin pouted his lips indifferently, the battles of Yinzhou and Jingzhou are the masterpieces of Yang Zhi, Yue Fei and others, what does it have to do with you Wang Xie; Yang Zhi smiled and said: "The Western Xia army was facing the rebellion in those places in Xiazhou at that time, and we took advantage of a loophole, in the Hengshan defense line, they should not make such a mistake. However, our Dingbei Army is not without the strength of a battle, and when we gain a firm foothold, we always have to visit, and the main direction of the attack is still on Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road. ”

"If that were the case, it would be great. Chong Bin nodded again and again and said with a smile, the seed family is deeply rooted in the northwest, so far the generals of the seed family are still all over the Shaanxi Sixth Road, and the Qin Feng Road where the seed bin is about to serve as the economic envoy is the most important area of the Shaanxi Fourth Road under the jurisdiction of Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi bowed his head and said: "Chongbin, you are familiar with it, first make a defensive plan." ”

"Don't worry!" said firmly, Li Yanxian did not speak, he was a little uneasy, he was a native of Shaanzhou, and he was also familiar with the situation in the northwest; during this time, because Yang Yizhong commanded the cavalry to move west on the shore, Li Yanxian had been assisting Yang Zhi in handling official documents, and he knew that Yang Zhi planned to use Chongbin, Wang Yu, Liu Qi, and Qu Duan as the envoys of the four routes, in fact, he wanted to take advantage of the familiarity of the four people with Western Xia.

But there is a big hidden danger in it, whether Liu Qi is lonely and hangs on Xihe Road, and whether the three roads such as Chong Bin can coordinate the battle is the problem that Yang Zhi needs to worry about the most. The reason why the Great Song Dynasty did not win the war against the Western Xia for a hundred years was because half of the Great Song Dynasty lost the war to their own people, and the defeat of Xu Xi's Yongle City was that Xu Xi wanted to be ingenious and prove that he was superior to the generals on the front line;

In the current conversation between Yang Zhi and Chong Bin, he actually avoided Huanqing Road intentionally or unintentionally, because of the attitude of the veteran Wang Yu, Wang Yu, like Wang Yan, thinks that he is a member of the Dingbei Army, and he is more obedient to Taiyuan's arrangement, and he may not be convinced by Yang Zhi, the top boss. And it can be seen from Yang Zhi's presence on Gyeonggi Road that Yang Zhi either let Wang Yan be responsible for the battle in which Wang Yan participated, or arranged another backhand, what he was afraid of was a sudden change in the situation on the battlefield.

Wang Yan is Yang Zhi's younger brother, and he still has some obedience to Yang Zhi, but Wang Yu is different, most of the territory of Huanqing Road is actually under Wang Yu's control now, plus Wang Yu's direct contact with Taiyuan this year, it is difficult to guess what kind of attitude Yang Zhi has now. Coupled with the personal relationship between Qu Duan, Chong Bin and Yang Zhi, Li Yanxian dared to conclude that Wang Yu would label himself as an alternative.

Another sailor's clipper came from a distance, the bow of the ship fluttered the flag of urgency, and after the ship guarding in front intercepted it, the first person on the small boat showed a token, and after the escort ship had asked questions, the small boat was allowed to approach Yang Zhi's boat; the big boat lowered the soft ladder, and the two officers climbed the soft ladder and boarded the boat. Walking in front was one of Zhang Heng's subordinates, who saw Yang Zhi and saluted and said: "Meet Yang Shuai, Shaanxi Deputy Pacification Envoy Lu Fayuan sent Liu Jian, the commander of the original faction, to ask for a meeting, and General Zhang asked me to send someone over." ”

Yang Zhi served as the Shaanxi pacification envoy, Runzhou set up a Shanxi pacification envoy in Chang'an, and Wang Bi and Lu Fayuan served as the chief and deputy pacification envoys, because the pacification department was only in charge of the Yongxing Army's road route, and Wang Ru, who was also the Yongxing Army's route envoy, was in power, and Lu Fayuan was only a supporting role, and even Shaanxi was not as good as Zhao Dian. When a person like Lu Fayuan sent someone to see him, there should be something that he had to come out of.

Yang Zhi looked at Liu Jian, who was following behind, Liu Jian felt Yang Zhi's gaze, and hurriedly handed over Lu Fayuan's letter, it turned out that Qu Duan and Wang Shu were incompatible, Wang Shu deliberately sent Yaozhou Soldiers and Horses Supervisor Yu Tao and Jingyuan Road Transfer Judge Zhang Bin to Quduan Army to supervise the army, and wanted to do something tricks, but Qu Duan detained the two, Lu Fayuan hoped that Yang Zhi could release the two of them; Yang Zhi said to Liu Jian, who came to send the letter: "You reply to Lord Lu, I will inform Qu Duan to release him, and in the future, he will work together in Shaanxi, relying on Lord Lu and General Liu There are still many things. ”

Liu Jian was taken aback by Corporal Yang Zhilixian's style, he knew Yang Zhi's current identity, and he also knew that Lu Fayuan and Yang Zhi were different in their positions, so he didn't even dare to say it, and hurried away with Yang Zhi's reply. Yang Zhi looked at the sail shadow of the boat and instructed Li Yanxian: "Inform Yang Yizhong and Liu Qi, I will go to Chunhua to see Quduan first, and Yang Zhongwu and Fu Xuan will accompany Quan Bangyan to Qinzhou to take over the defense." ”