[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

Yelu Dashi, the emperor of Xiliao, once said such a sentence.

"The Xixia Kingdom seems to be fierce, but it is not enough to be feared. Being able to attach themselves to the powerful Liao Kingdom and the powerful Jin Kingdom just proves their own nature. As long as the Liao Kingdom is strong enough, the Xixia Kingdom will bow and obey, and there is no need to do it yourself lesson."

"And the land of Hetao with fertile water and grass, and the vast Yanyun sixteen prefectures are the places we must strive for."

"As long as there are sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, the east can restrain the remnant soldiers of Jin, the south can deter Song, the west can attack Xixia, and the north can communicate with Mongolia. It is an excellent hub. It must be fought, must be fought .”

"Only by taking down the Yanyun sixteen states, can I truly become the emperor of the Liao Kingdom."

When he said these words, he probably didn't expect that there would be a weapon called "gunpowder" in the world.

Because even Zhao Yuan himself didn't expect that under the huge reward, there was really a brave man who raised the power of black powder to the extreme for her.On the first day Liao general Xiao Wuli led his troops to sneak into Yanyun, the vanguard troops were immediately blown to pieces.She felt that the performance of this batch of black powder was barely comparable to nitroglycerin.

When the news reached Xiliao, the whole Xiliao exploded.

Every Khitan was discussing this "Heavenly Thunder" enthusiastically. They felt that the Heavenly Wolf God was dissatisfied with Yelu Dashi's usurpation of the throne, so he sent down the Heavenly Thunder as a warning to others.But Yelu Dashi himself expressed his composure to the thunder.After all, it was a secretly dispatched army, so no matter how much damage it suffered, it could only be destroyed by teeth and blood.

It is said that the new Emperor of Liao, Yelu Dashi, first recalled Xiao Orila, and ordered him to directly attack the capital of Xixia, and brought the head of the king of Xixia to see him, and then coughed up a mouthful of blood in the Liao palace.

On the night when Yelu Dashi coughed up blood, the moon was sparse and there were no crows.

Zhao Yuan quietly sneaked into the Liao Palace, covered his face, carefully studied Yelu Dashi's physical fitness, confirmed that he still had a long lifespan, and then dragged his way to take away Zhen Guozhong from the Liao Kingdom. device.She didn't know what the Zhen Guo heavy weapon was, but she only remembered that it was very heavy and its color was very glaring. It is said that the day she left the capital of Xiliao, Yelu Dashi coughed up blood again.

In March, the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the green fields are vast.

There is no so-called commercial road here anymore, and even the barbarians seldom come here.The remaining Khitans huddled west of Lop Nur, commanding their general, Xiao Orila, arbitrarily, to march thousands of miles on the foot-holding Gobi Desert.It is said that Huo Qubing has been here before, and it is said that he crossed thousands of miles of Qilian Mountains from here, and created Jiuquan for thousands of years... Unfortunately, this is the land of Xixia Kingdom.

Zhao Yuan wrapped herself in a strange fur, dressed herself like a Western Xia woman, led a camel, and walked slowly through Karez wells and thousands of miles of yellow sand.She deliberately bypassed the capital of Xixia, because she was afraid that she would not be able to bear it and would feed the king of Xixia some poison.

Does the Xixia Kingdom have any powerful generals?

Of course, otherwise, how could all the family members be killed?

That bloody and fierce battle has become the talk of the Xixia Kingdom after dinner. Today's Xixia Kingdom has long ignored Song.They feared the Khitans in the west and the Mongols in the north, and only laughed at the Song people in the east.It is said that a Xixia person made up a joke, which has been sung for a long time:

People from the Kingdom of Jin: There is Iron Buddha, willful, beat Khitan people.

Khitan: There are cavalry, willful, and fight Xixia people.

Xixia people: backstage, self-willed, beat Song people.

People of Song Dynasty: read books, willful, beat their own people.

This joke has a long history and has been widely sung by many people, and it once became the most popular joke in Xixia Kingdom.The King of Xixia laughed loudly when he heard this, and specially rewarded the man with a whip with a hook on it, so that only half of his body was left with skin and flesh.At that time, the Xixia Kingdom was still under the dictatorship of the Queen's Party. The Queen Mother said that this person was very talented, and gave him another whip, and then gave the Xixia King a whip, and whipped the Xixia King to his knees and begged for mercy.

Then, the king of Xixia married the princess of the Liao Kingdom, and relying on the prestige of the Yue family, he imprisoned the whole family of the queen mother; and then...everyone knows.

Zhao Yuan slowly traveled across the entire Xixia Kingdom, trying to figure out what the Xixia people thought.The king of Xixia, surnamed Li, belongs to a branch of the party members. For some reason, he does not deal with the Song Dynasty, and dreams of unifying the Song Dynasty every day.They don't have the bandit logic of the Jin people or the bandit logic of the Khitan people. They bully the weak and fear the hard, which is very similar to the Xixia king himself.For four full months, the Western Xia Army of the Song Dynasty held back the main force of Xixia in the Heshuo area, but the Xixia people still thought that the Song people were nothing special.

She has no doubt that the Western Xia Congress failed miserably. The only thing she needs to consider is, if Zhong Yi insists on revenge, who should be responsible for the debt.

Li Ganshun, king of Xixia?Or the Xixia general who led the troops at that time?Or was it...all the people who killed the clan members with their own hands?

He didn't say anything to her, so she could only think wildly in silence, and by the way, when passing through the Xixia Kingdom, she collected some more information for him.Whether it belongs to the King of Xixia or General Xixia, as long as it is useful to him, she wants to collect more.

Probably, she has already engraved that person deeply into her bones.

Can't forget, can't erase, separated for half a year, all the thoughts in my heart are all about him.Think of his voice, think of his appearance, think of everything about him...

She led the camel and walked from Xiliao step by step back to the border between Xixia and Song Dynasty.

Even if she didn't have to look at it, she could still guess that her own description was impossible to read.

On the border between Xixia and Song Dynasty, one is Daizhou and the other is Shuozhou.

Zhao Yuan naturally went to Shuozhou first, found the horse farm with abundant water and grass, and began to let the horses out one by one.Sweaty horses are born tough, and the Western Army is reluctant to put all of this trump card on the battlefield, so they only use it slowly in rotation.The stallions and mares were mixed together, and they immediately had fun.Enduring the discomfort, she let go of all the horses, and dispersed all the strange things and smells in the space, and was suddenly embraced by a pair of arms.

There is a clean and warm breath behind him, mixed with the smell of green grass after the rain.

She let him hold her without moving, and thought about it seriously, whether it is better to say that she is messed up first, or that she needs to take a hot bath first.Well, she thinks her big sandy coat needs changing too.

"I miss you."

He hugged her tightly, his voice was hoarse and whimpered: "Yuan Yuan, I miss you very much."

Never thought that he would have such great strength, almost crushing her completely into his body.The slender knuckles clenched her shoulders tightly. Looking sideways, there was a thin layer of calluses on the sides of her fingers, which was clearly the result of years of bowing and shooting arrows.After he only said those two words, he buried his head deeply in her hair, hugging her more and more vigorously.

Zhao Yuan was a little hesitant: "That...I..." Lang needs to take a bath and change clothes before meeting Qing.

The person behind didn't answer, but hugged her even tighter.

"You don't feel it on me..." Kind of, um, that, um, not refreshing?

"Don't talk." He said hoarsely, "Let me hug you for a while, just for a while."

She stood still numbly.

Thanks to the detailed explanation by the groom beside her, she finally understood the reason for all this.It turned out that after she pretended to be sick and escaped from Yanjing, all kinds of strange news began to fly all over the sky, such as that she had smallpox, that she was assassinated, that the government married her...every new news spread. When he arrived at the border, he would have to suffer for several days before he could gradually recover and welcome the next news that made him even more uncomfortable.

Ugh……

Zhao Yuan lowered his head and said guiltily, "It's my fault."

"No, before you left, you already told me that I was...too dazed." His voice became hoarse, revealing deep exhaustion.

Zhao Yuan tried to make the atmosphere more relaxed, and asked him a random topic: "Are you just in Shuozhou? Cough cough... If I knew you were here, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to come to the racecourse." I should take a shower first, eh.

He didn't say yes or no, but said: "I heard that there were many blood-sweat horses out of thin air on the racecourse, and they were females, so I guessed that you came back." some of the stories.For example, where he was originally, where he came from, how many horses were exhausted on the way... and so on.

She lowered her head, feeling a little tingling in her heart, but said with a smile: "Well, I want to take a dip in the hot spring, and then have a good sleep."

His low voice came from behind: "Okay."

There are not many hot springs in Shuozhou, but it happens to be nearby.

He is an old-fashioned man in his bones, even if he has become a little more ruthless, he is still a ruthless and old-fashioned man.After Zhao Yuan greeted him with a smile, he went to soak in the hot spring. After being steamed by the heat, there was flooding water in front of him again.

It's... so easy to cry, it's not good.

She rubbed her eyes, slowly soaking away the exhaustion all over her body.In fact, she really wanted to invite him to come together, anyway, the three-year period has already passed, hasn't it... But if you think about it, you know it's impossible.She called his name loudly across a huge stone, and his low, mellow voice came from behind the stone.The two of them just chatted across a stone, steamed by the hot white air, and the water all over the sky was turned into boundless colorful falling flowers, which spread wantonly.

"I'm waiting for the government's order." His low voice came through the stone, revealing a bit of laziness.

"As long as the officials issue a decree, it will no longer be the teasing Western Army, but an invincible Flying Cloud Cavalry to welcome the Xixia people."

Three years, three full years.

Three years of hard work, just for this moment of high spirits.

Overnight, with the order of the general, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains have changed their old appearance into a new one.