Prince Consort

It's a good spring again, the pedestrians walking shoulder to shoulder in spring, and the whole eastern suburb is full of laughter.

At this time, a rider rushed to seize the road, and the pedestrians scattered in shock.

"Great victory!"

Immediately, the people shouted joyful words, which completely dissipated the dissatisfaction of everyone just now.

When someone immediately shouted "West Road Victory!", everyone has spontaneously parted ways, and let the summoner rush on horseback.

The summoner shouted all the way to the palace gate, and was welcomed into the palace.

Once inside, the messengers saw two people in the hall accompanying Zhao Ying. One was quite similar to Zhao Ying, with a handsome appearance, a heroic figure, and a hint of majesty in his brows. It seemed to be His Highness the Crown Prince who had improved a lot over the years; The other was a good-looking young man with a smile on his lips, wearing a fine brocade robe on him, looking like a flirtatious dude.

The summoning soldier touched the ground on one knee, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Commander Yan sent troops to support the orthodox in Xixia and destroy the traitors in Xixia! A thousand horse slaves will raise and tame horses for me in Daqing!" At the end of the sentence, the messenger's tone was quite excited.

Horse, that's a horse, the weakness of the Daqing army lies in the horse!Obtaining Xixia's river valley plains will undoubtedly make up for this shortcoming.

Zhao Ying also had a smile in his eyes after hearing this.

He asked softly, "Has Commander Yan returned to Beijing?"

The messenger said: "Yan Commander led me to go ahead, and he personally led the mission to Beijing."

Zhao Ying said: "Okay!" He nodded, "It's been a hard journey, let's go down and rest for a few days, and after meeting the Xixia envoys, we will reward you for your merits!"

The messenger said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the summoner left, Zhao Ying turned around and said, "Sanlang, this big brother you recognize is really amazing."

The boy next to him was none other than Xie Ze'an.Six years passed in a flash, and he was 16 years old. Many things happened in these six years. He grew taller, his body developed, he did what he should do, and what he shouldn't do!

Xie Ze'an heard that Zhao Yingwen was joking, and immediately responded, "That's right, I don't want to see whose elder brother it is!"

Zhao Ying said: "Teng Xiao slipped his tongue in the letter, saying that you gave him a lot of ideas. What is in your head? You can make a few tricks for everything." Teng Xiao is Yan Chong's name, Zhao Ying shouted this because she was close to Yan Chong.

Xie Ze'an didn't deny it either, and he confessed generously: "I'm just a bottle full of half a bottle, and I want to show off everywhere I go. Besides, what ideas can I come up with, the real capable one is Brother Yan."

Zhao Ying dealt with government affairs for most of the day, and was a little tired. After hearing Xie Zean's words, she laughed and said, "Then you and Teng Xiao get along well, and he has realized all your ideas for you."

Xie Ze'an said, "That's Brother Yan's strength!"

Xie Ze'an really admired Yan Chong.

When Yan Chong went to Xijiang, the ruler of Xixia was in his prime and full of ambitions, and the border was always under the threat of Xixia.Xie Hui and his wife went to Xijiang after Zhao Ying nodded, and relieved a lot of pressure for Yan Chong.With less pressure, Yan Chong's mind came alive.

Yan Chong himself was a courageous and resourceful person, and Xie Hui, a veteran in the battlefield, was there to guide him, which greatly reduced the number of mistakes he made as a "novice", allowing him to adapt to the Shura field of war as quickly as possible.

Changsun Lin was his close friend, and Changsun Lin died under the raid of the Xixia people. Yan Chong's mind was not only on defense, he also wanted to attack!

He couldn't rashly talk about this idea with other people, and he could only reveal a little or two in the letters between him and Xie Ze'an.Xie Ze'an took a lot of trouble to get a batch of flying slaves from the uncle of the country, and the communication between the two parties was much faster. At that time, Xie Ze'an had just sent Tan Wuqiu away, and he was disgusted by Xie Qian's "exhortations" before he left for a long time, and he was holding back a bad breath Well, immediately hit it off with Yan Chong.

Xie Zean was also a person who had read history books in order to fool others. He understood the importance of "being famous as a teacher" better than anyone else, so he wrote a long letter to Yan Chong.

The gist of this letter is this: Brother Yan carefully checks to see if there are any descendants of the former ruler of Xixia living abroad.When the right candidate is found, the reason for becoming a teacher will be found-"Xixia has been usurped by the rebels, and the descendants of the former king are heartbroken. Let the king help the orthodoxy and revive the clan!"

In this way, Yan Chong can justifiably go out to kill the overly ambitious king of Xixia, and he can also help a weak guy to come to power.

At that time, Xixia must be in the pocket of the court!

Although it is simple to say, it is extremely difficult to do. On the one hand, it is necessary to find a way to send as many people as possible to sneak into the territory of Xixia;

Xie Zean had a little idea about the previous problem. For example, Xixia people are as good at wine as Beidi people. The imperial court can send a group of people who can make wine to teach them to make special strong spirits; Send a group of people who know how to print and teach them how to print.Of course, printing and papermaking must be the most primitive kind, which consumes a lot of money and has a low success rate!

As for the latter problem, it is not for Xie Zean to worry about, but for Yan Chong and the others to think about it.

Yan Chong frowned after reading Xie Zean's letter, and immediately went to find Xie Hui.

After Xie Hui read the many bad ideas written by Xie Zean, his impression of this cheap grandson was refreshed again.Fortunately, such a guy came from Daqing, from their Xie family, otherwise they really don't know how they were played to death!

Xie Hui said: "If you have enough perseverance and patience, this matter can be accomplished."

Yan Chong sneered and said, "I was most lacking in these things, but my friend died here, so I had to learn these two things from him."

Xie Hui said: "Let's call everyone together and discuss how to implement it."

This implementation has taken several years.

Many soldiers took off their armor, learned a few crafts, and sneaked into Xixia to make a living.Teach them to brew wine and consume their grain; teach them to print and make paper and consume their vegetation;These are not things that can be done overnight, but Yan Chong is proceeding in an orderly manner. The hero of Xixia finally found something wrong after two years, but most of his generals were involved in one or two of them. They must not be happy to take all these things away and let their titans go back to the poor life they used to be.

The Xixia King had no choice but to turn a blind eye and let them go.

Xixia's products were already in short supply. After two or three years of consumption, it gradually became unbearable.Someone came up with the idea of ​​going to the border of Daqing to "play the autumn wind". This is what the grassland people are used to doing. When it was mentioned, the Xixia court was full of responses.

It's a pity that what is waiting is Daqing's strong soldiers who have been fighting hard for the past two years to avenge Changsun Lin!

Xixia suffered a few dark losses there, and went back to train hard.

Coincidentally, Yan Chong found the "descendant of the former king" Xie Zean mentioned at this time, and the second step of the plan began to be implemented.First of all, of course, we have to create momentum for the "descendants of the former king". This Xie Zean is very good at it. He asked Yan Chong to create "auspiciousness" whatever the Xixia people believed. This process did not happen overnight. It also took a long time to complete step by step.

When the Western Xia court recalled, the "descendants of the former king" had already gained a large part of their support!

Can you not support it?Over the past few years, the Xixia court has been extravagant and promiscuous, and the lives of the Xixia people have become more and more difficult. Looking at the rich and powerful families who are singing and dancing every day, they can't wait to drink their blood and eat their flesh!

With such a good opportunity to rebel and kill these guys, who would not stand up for anyone with a bit of blood?

This "descendant of the former king" seems to be quite reliable, and he is the only one!

Fuck those bastards to death!

Yan Chong's people fanned the flames everywhere, and wars broke out in Xixia territory.

This war, in which the people of Daqing did not use too many soldiers and horses, lasted for six full years, and a country that was about to enter the ranks of a "powerful country" turned from prosperity to disintegration.

Yan Chong took advantage of the chaos and sent troops to support the "descendants of the former lord" to occupy the Xixia Palace.

Victory on the West Road.

Xixia is already a piece of meat in the court's mouth, and it can be eaten whenever it wants.

Who would have thought that such a plan would come from a naive child?

Yan Chong and Xie Hui originally wanted to defend Xie Zean, and they didn't want others to know that it was Xie Zean's idea.But after thinking about it, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, not to mention that Xie Ze'an is a son-in-law, it is not easy to get ahead, if he hides his ability, wouldn't it be a waste of his good brain?

Yan Chong revealed in the good news to Zhao Ying and mentioned Xie Ze'an's name.

Xie Ze'an was happy when he heard the news of the great victory on the West Road, when Zhao Ying suddenly exposed his old background, his little heart almost jumped out of his chest.

Seeing his guilty look, Zhao Ying waved her hands and said, "Go down first."

Zhao Chongzhao at the side stretched out his hand to hold Xie Zean, and said, "Then Sanlang and I will go back to the East Palace first!"

Xie Ze'an had a headache.

At that time, he wrote the letter on a whim, and he never mentioned it to Zhao Chongzhao.Zhao Chongzhao's grip on his hand increased again, obviously because he was angry that he didn't tell him these things.

They have grown older over the years, but Zhao Chongzhao did not alienate him. Sometimes he told Zhao Chongzhao not to hold his hand, and Zhao Chongzhao also plausibly said: "I used to be able to do it, why can't I do it now? Could it be that I It's getting better and better, there are more and more things you know, but less and less things you can do?"

Xie Ze'an originally wanted to tell him that this is the reality, the higher the position, the less likely it is that he can do whatever he wants.

But when he saw Zhao Chongzhao's serious eyes, Xie Ze'an dismissed that thought again.

Let this guy be happy for a few more years.

Zhao Chongzhao dragged Xie Zean back to the East Palace without saying a word.

In the past few years, Zhao Chongzhao followed Zhao Ying to deal with government affairs, and his mind has become more active, his mind has grown a lot, and he has many useful people around him.Only one thing has not changed, that is, he thinks about Xie Ze'an in everything as before, during the day and at night.

What Zhao Ying said made Zhao Chongzhao very uncomfortable.

He thought about Xie Ze'an day and night, but Xie Ze'an always had something he didn't know.He has seen the battle situation in Xixia for a long time. Although Yan Chong's method is not very bright and aboveboard, it can be regarded as a great conspiracy.That's a country, not a village or a county. How could a country be brought to ruin in just five or six years? How can ordinary people do it?

Zhao Chongzhao had always admired Yan Chong, but Zhao Ying told him that Xie Ze'an was also involved in this matter.

Zhao Chongzhao likes Xie Zean very much, but he is very resistant to treating Xie Zean with the feeling of "admiration".He didn't want himself to be too far away from Xie Zean, that would make him afraid—he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with Xie Zean—in that case, how could he occupy Xie Zean like he is now?

Zhao Chongzhao tightened his five fingers and held Xie Zean's hand tightly: "Say!" The veins on the back of his hand were already showing, "Sanlang, tell me! How did you get involved? Why don't I know?"