Chivalrous Song Dynasty

Bai Sheng laughed when he heard this, and said, "Do you think you can sit back and relax by hiding out of the range of my bow and arrow? Look at the arrow!"

When he was speaking, the people on the top of the city found that those stone bows that had been scattered on the top of the city suddenly jumped up five pieces. These five bows seemed to be attracted by some kind of powerful magnet, and they were firmly joined together. Four mace arrows have already been attached to the five sticky bowstrings.

And following the exit of the word "Look at the Arrow", the four spiked arrows have left the string, flew westward with a powerful roar, and disappeared from people's sight in the blink of an eye.

Although the weather is fine, although people can see the densely packed soldiers in the Xixia Camp and the big flag with the four characters "Princess Pingnan" written on it, they can't see the four feathered arrows flying one mile away at all. Their eyesight is far from being so sharp, only Yi Xiao can see, these four feathered arrows are actually rushing towards the four characters on the banner.

In the Xixia military camp, the soldiers only heard four cracking sounds of "hissing, la la", and saw Li Ruolan's big flag fall down, and the soldiers holding the flagpole fell to the ground together.

Looking at the surface of the flag again, the four characters of Princess Pingnan have been pierced by four feathered arrows. Li Ruolan was stunned for a moment. What kind of bow did these feathered arrows shoot out?How can it fly so far?And the power is so huge?Is there really such a magic weapon in this world?

Bai Sheng's faint voice came from the east side of the city: "I'll give you three days, three days. I won't see Hu Sanniang within three days. You, Li Ruolan, and your 17 Xixia horses will all die."

Li Ruolan stood silently in front of the camp, and there was no sound in the Xixia military camp. Everyone felt the coercion of Bai Sheng. In the face of this coercion, they felt irresistible, as if the other party killed them just like crushing an ant .

The people in Yanzhou City were also silent. In front of Bai Sheng's miraculous martial arts, they felt that applause could no longer express their worship and admiration. People didn't even dare to look directly at this great God of War.

In the silence, a group of people came down from the city, but they were Yamen servants from the Yan'an Mansion. The head catcher shouted to the city: "Can the old man be at the head of the city? An imperial envoy from the imperial court came to Yanzhou and brought His Majesty's imperial decree. Fu Yin ordered the younger one to invite the old gentleman to go to Yan'an Mansion to receive the order."

Everyone in the city looked at Bai Sheng after hearing this. At this time, people consciously or unconsciously regarded Bai Sheng as the No.

The war in Yanzhou City was quelled by Bai Sheng, and the Xixia army outside Yanzhou City was repelled by Bai Sheng. This matter is obvious to all. If it is said that Yanzhou has not yet fallen into the hands of Xixia people, whose credit is it?No one dared to say that it wasn't Bai Sheng.

Since it is Bai Sheng's credit, the defense plan of Yanzhou City cannot bypass him in the future. The 10,000+ Xixia army has not left yet.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for him to speak, Bai Sheng frowned and said, "Let's go, let's go to Yan'an Mansion to see if it's that green onion who came to the front to pretend to be aggressive."

Chapter 653 Pretend to be a little tender

The person who came to Yanzhou City to act aggressive was Qin Hui.

When Bai Sheng first walked into the lobby of Yan'an Mansion, Qin Hui was talking with the governor of Yanzhou, and the content of the discussion was pointing fingers at the city defense of Yanzhou City: "Isn't the city defense of Yanzhou City too lax? I'm an imperial envoy, so it's only natural that I want to enter Yanzhou City, but I can't just let me in without even asking, what should I do if I'm a Xixia spy? Didn't Yanzhou City fall in a blink of an eye?"

Although the battle in the city has been peaceful at this time, the order "Xu Jin is not allowed to leave" issued by Zhong Shidao earlier has not been revoked, and Qin Hui is walking through the east gate of "Xu Jin", so no one has done anything to him at all. Intercepting and interrogating caused Qin Hui's doubts. Is this Yanzhou City guarded like this?

Seeing Bai Sheng enter the door first, Qin Hui was taken aback for a moment. Qin Hui was of course more familiar with Bai Sheng than the teacher who followed Bai Sheng, because before the army marched west, he and Bai Sheng not only had the same situation several times In the early dynasty, he also participated in a poetry meeting together, and Bai Sheng invited him and Zhang Bangchang to have a drink together at the Taishi Mansion before leaving.

The question is why Bai Sheng is in Yanzhou?Isn't it written in the battle report that Bai Sheng is recuperating under the command of Tong Guan in Xingqing Mansion?In his heart, he was very hostile to this rival in love.

In order to show that his status as an imperial envoy is outstanding, Qin Hui did not greet Bai Sheng, but with a serious face, stood up, and said with a bit of official authority: "Teacher to accept the order!"

When Zhong Shidao heard that the emperor gave him an order, he immediately walked a few steps past Bai Sheng and knelt down in front of Qin Hui. Behind him, Han Shizhong, Shangguan Jiannan and others also knelt on the ground.Even the governor of Yan'an came and knelt down, and it would be good to listen to the holy will with Mr. Zhong.

Qin Hui's expression softened, and just as he was about to read the imperial decree, he found that Bai Sheng was standing behind Zhong Shidao, as if nothing had happened, and behind him were a group of men and women standing there as well I couldn't help being angry for a while, and asked, "Bai Sheng, why don't you kneel?"

Bai Sheng asked in surprise, "Why should I kneel?"

Qin Hui said angrily: "Before the imperial decree, if you don't kneel down, you will be regarded as deceiving the emperor. As an official of the imperial court, don't you understand?"

Bai Sheng smiled and said, "Who is this edict awarded to?"

Qin Hui said: "This is the way of the teacher bestowed by the sage, what's the matter?"

"Isn't that right?" Bai Sheng said with a smile: "Since it was awarded by the government to Master Zhong, naturally Master Zhong should receive the order. If I, Bai Sheng, knelt down to receive the order, wouldn't it be a mess? "

"You! You're just blasphemy!" Qin Hui's fair face was already flushed, and he didn't know how to refute Bai Sheng.

But Bai Sheng didn't talk to Qin Hui at all, walked past the latter and sat on the main seat in the lobby of Yan'an Mansion.

As a result, Qin Hui became even more annoyed. From the point of view of the civil servants, he was a censor, not to mention that his rank and authority were all higher than Bai Sheng, but the nature of this job was to see the existence of a senior official, and all the officials in the court Even the left and right prime ministers have to give him three points of face when they meet him, otherwise if they disagree, they will impeach a book in front of the emperor in the Golden Palace.

From the point of view of the military officer, Bai Sheng is just a vanguard officer of the Western Expedition Army, not as high as the commander-in-chief of Zhongshi Dao. How can you, Bai Sheng, dare to sit in the main seat in the lobby of Yan'an Mansion?What's more, this position was originally given to him by the governor of Yan'an as an imperial envoy. Bai Sheng is so incompetent, is this a rebellion?

He turned his anger back to anger, but he also knew that the county magistrate would not be in charge of the iron law of the officialdom, so he looked at the governor of Yan'an and Zhong Shidao who were kneeling on the ground, meaning that you, the two local officials, civil and military, don't care. Do you care about Bai Sheng?

Unexpectedly, Zhong Shidao and Yan'an governor didn't seem to see Bai Sheng's actions, they lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes and waited quietly for Qin Hui to read the imperial edict.

Qin Hui had no choice but to turn his head and stare at Bai Sheng bitterly, and said, "I want you to look good when I return to Bianliang!"

Bai Sheng sat on the grand teacher's chair where the Yan'an government official asked the case, looked at Qin Hui with a smile, and said leisurely: "You are still talking about whether you will return to Bianliang, and you want to play tricks on me? You are still a little tender, and you think I am Yue Fei?"

Qin Hui shuddered when he heard the words, and thought to himself, is this guy going to kill the official and rebel?Tong Shumi's memorial to the officials said that this guy acted without obeying the military order. Could it be that he had objected a long time ago?Then you can't mess with him, it would be a big loss if you don't let him kill me in this poor country.

Well, it's just right that this guy turned his back on him, and he turned his back on Maode Diji and it's my Qin Hui's.But what does this coercion mean?Who is Yue Fei?

With doubts, Qin Hui began to proclaim the decree: "Follow the heavens, the emperor said"

The general content of the imperial decree is to ask Zhong Shidao to immediately stop the fighting between the Western Army and the Xixia people on the front line of Yanzhou, and to appoint Qin Hui as the plenipotentiary to negotiate with the Xixia military. One side will also return Jingzhao Mansion, Tongguan and Hangu Pass to the Song Dynasty, and the Song-Xia War will come to an end.

It turned out that as early as when Jingzhao Mansion was occupied by Li Ruolan, some officials from Jingzhao Mansion fled back to Bianjing, and then some people from Tongguan and Hangu Pass also fled to Bianliang. The news of the fall of the pass was told to Cai Jing and Gao Qiu.

Cai Jing Gaoqiu was shocked when he heard this. The fall of Hangu Pass means that Bianliang City has been exposed to the soldiers of the Xixia people. The situation is so serious, who dares to come forward to meet the enemy?It can't be solved even in the early days!So the two hurriedly told the emperor that they could not bear this responsibility.

Zhao Ji became numb when he heard the news, and scolded Tong Guan, saying that a person without eggs is useless, and the five-way campaign against Xia didn't see any results, but instead lost the city in the backyard. This is a heinous crime. !

When Tong Guan was about to be dismissed and punished, the imperial city received a battle report sent by Tong Guan. The battle report actually said that the Song army had conquered all the cities in Xixia, leaving only Xingqing Mansion. He came forward to mediate, and the Xingqing Mansion was also taken down, and asked the officials how to decide.

Only then did Zhao Ji turn his anger into joy, but he was even more worried in his joy. The people of Xixia obviously wanted to exchange land. You occupied a large area of ​​desert, and they occupied a large area of ​​our farmland. It is still a disadvantage for the Song Dynasty. ah!And once the Xixia people hit Bianjing City and take me, the emperor, as a prisoner, what's the use of taking down Xingqing Mansion?

So after urgent discussions with Cai Jinggaoqiu, they decided to cease the war immediately. The two sides shook hands and made peace, returning all the cities occupied by each other.In order to show sincerity, a large amount of gold and silver and gifts were also prepared to compensate the Xixia people for their losses in this war.

This is the case with Zhao Ji, who is stern and soft-hearted. He didn't have to wait until the Liao envoy went to Bianjing to mediate, and he had already set the tone.

And before he sent the imperial envoy, the peace envoy sent by Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom really arrived in Bianliang, and brought a letter from Emperor Tianzuo, asking Zhao Ji to end the war, so Zhao Ji felt that the war should be stopped , the truce can still sell face to Emperor Tianzuo, why not stop?

So two imperial envoys Zhang Bangchang and Qin Hui were sent to the northwest to participate in the negotiations.The reason why he sent two imperial envoys was because he received a battle report saying that there are now two battlefields in the Northwest region, one is Helan Mountain and the surrounding area of ​​Xingqing Mansion, and the other is Yanzhou. Zhang Bangchang went directly to Xingqing Mansion and joined Tong Tong After negotiating with the Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun, Qin Hui was in charge of negotiating with the Xixia military leaders outside Yanzhou.

Chapter 654 Who Is The Boss?

After Qin Hui finished reading the imperial decree, Zhong Shidao took the imperial decree, stood up and looked at Bai Sheng, meaning look, the Holy Majesty has decreed a truce, and you have to destroy the Xixia army in three days. complied.

Because he witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of Bai Sheng defeating the three masters Li Ruolan, Songba and Lingxing, and even wiped out more than 17 Xixia people in the city, even if he didn't know what method Bai Sheng would use to destroy the [-] people outside the city. There are tens of thousands of horses, but they can't help but believe in Bai Sheng's bold words.

As the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, he shoulders the two responsibilities of defending the homeland and expanding the territory. Of course, he hopes to completely wipe out this country that has disturbed the Song Dynasty for decades. However, he is a courtier of the Song Dynasty. Can you ignore the emperor's will and go your own way?

In front of the emperor's decree, no one has room for explanation.Even if you want to explain, you can only go to Bian Jusheng in the future to present the facts face to face and analyze the pros and cons. Now, as a courtier of the Song Dynasty, the only choice is to obey the order.As for resisting the decree and not obeying it, it has no effect other than taking one's own life.

Pity!It's a pity that Tong Guan's four-way army has achieved great results, it's a pity that the good situation inside and outside the city of Yanzhou is a pity, it's a pity that this once-in-a-lifetime decisive opportunity is a pity.

He looked at the cynical young man sitting in the main seat, expecting the young man to make a contrary opinion.If you resist the edict and don't obey it, I don't dare to be a teacher, but do you Bai Sheng dare?

Qin Hui immediately noticed Zhong Shidao's abnormal attitude. Regardless of his young age, he is a politician who has been in the officialdom for a long time. How can he not see that Zhong Shidao is watching Bai Sheng?I feel even more dissatisfied in my heart, Bai Sheng has a heart of disobedience, how dare you have the courage to collude with him like a teacher?

But as an imperial envoy, he couldn't be suppressed by these rebellious officials and thieves, so he bit the bullet and said to the teacher: "Okay, since you have already accepted the order, act according to the will of the Holy Majesty, and prepare the cattle quickly." Yang Meijiu, send me another 1000 men, and I will go to the Western Xia military camp to negotiate."

Everyone in the lobby exploded immediately after hearing this. Are they going to negotiate or to reward the three armies?I, the soldiers of Yanzhou, have not eaten and drank cattle, sheep and wine, so how can I supply them to the enemies outside the city?They immediately expressed their opposition.

Qin Hui's face changed when he saw the wall being pushed down by everyone, and asked scoldingly, "You old man, it seems that your subordinates don't understand the rules! Is this going against the will of the Holy Majesty and intending to rebel?"