The 10,000-strong escort army marched eastward along the avenue. Because there were several carriages and many female dependents, the pace of the army was not fast. They had not even reached Lingzhou City during the day, and they camped in a wilderness for the night. .
There is no wind tonight, and the bonfire is burning with firewood crackling and raising sparks. The fire is already very big. Wang Zhi is sitting by the fire, still filling the firewood one by one, looking at the fire, but his thoughts are no longer clear. Where to fly.
It was clear that he had fulfilled his wish for the past three years, but Wang Erlang didn't feel happy at all, but instead felt endless melancholy.
Perhaps it was because of the emperor who died in the country, or perhaps it was the old men who were buried with the country, or perhaps the scene of marching eastward with prisoners seemed familiar...
But when I think about it carefully, I can’t find it anywhere…
"Aren't you afraid of us running away?"
A young man walked over to him and sat down, pulling out a wooden stick to poke at the fire.
Wang Zhi glanced at him sideways and said calmly: "You are not my prisoners."
Li Renai smiled disdainfully, "If you are not a prisoner, why do you have to wait for us to go to Bianjing together in seven days?"
"I'm afraid that your route eastward is not safe." Wang Zhi explained casually.
Li Renai sneered, "It's probably the biggest insecurity with you here."
"Don't worry, guards, we are professionals."
Li Renai was speechless for a moment when he thought that these people were indeed just 'guards'.
"Don't you hate me?"
Wang Zhi looked at this young man with a high nose, deep eyes, sharp edges, and handsomeness that was not like a man. He actually took the initiative to talk to him. He was a little puzzled. Could it be that he had some special hobby?
"hatred!"
"How can you not hate the enemy who wants to destroy the country!"
Li Renai gritted his teeth, looked at the fire in front of him with fierce eyes, inserted a stick into it, and stirred up a handful of sparks.
"Revenge for destroying the country?" Wang Zhi raised his lips slightly, "Revenge for killing his father, doesn't it count?"
"That was his suicide, not your fault."
Li Renai's words made Wang Erlang become interested in this young man, "I forced him to do that, didn't he?"
"That's because he's incompetent!" Li Renai continued, the fire rising in his pupils, "Fair competition, the loser will die, the winner is king, life and death are determined by fate, if he fails, he should die, this is me The survival rules of party members have nothing to do with you."
"A very fair rule." Wang Zhi admired sincerely, and then said, "Tell me your story."
Wang Erlang found a new pleasure, that is, this boy, who has a very unique personality and he likes it very much.
Li Renai did not refuse. Dangxiang people always respected the strong, "Speaking of me, I have to thank you for saving my life."
"Oh? How do you put this?" Wang Zhi tilted his head and looked at him.
"My mother was a princess of the Liao Kingdom. She had a deep affection for her motherland. She had begged my father several times to go north to aid the Liao Dynasty to fight against the Jin Dynasty. However, he was too frightened by the Jin people to send troops because of the defeat of the Iron Harriers three years ago. Under the coercion of the Jin people, he also agreed to become a subordinate of the Jin people and serve him as a minister."
Wang Zhi said carefully: "It turns out he is a mixed race..."
"Um?"
"What half-blood?"
Wang Zhi waved his hand, "Oh, it's nothing, just keep talking."
"When Emperor Liao was desperate, he defected to Xixia and was driven away by my father. As a result, Emperor Liao was captured by the Jin people and the Liao Kingdom was destroyed."
Li Renai looked at the blazing fire, with a look of deep longing in his eyes, "My mother was so sad when she learned that her motherland was dead. She was angry at my father for being ruthless, so she went on a hunger strike in the palace and died."
"But not only did my father not feel the least bit sad, he also begged the Jin people to send troops to help him."
Wang Zhi then asked: "Why do you ask the Jin people to send troops to help him?"
Li Renai looked at him and didn't answer.
But Wang Erlang already understood what else he could do besides sending troops to deal with his mortal enemy.
"What happened next?"
"The golden man agreed and put forward a condition."
"What conditions?"
"Destroy me."
Wang Erlang was stupid again, "What does it have to do with you?"
Li Renai looked at him again, but still didn't speak. His expression was obviously a little puzzled. He didn't understand why his father, who had been wise all his life, lost to this... mentally retarded person.
Wang Zhi touched his nose, feeling embarrassed and sent abroad.
Now I thought about it, Li Renai's mother was a princess of the Liao Kingdom, so he naturally had the blood of the Liao royal family. How could the Jin Kingdom let a prince with Liao blood be the future emperor of the vassal country.
"In our Daxia, when I lose my status as the crown prince, I don't need the help of the Jin people. My brothers can kill me."
"It's just that you came before my father could depose me."
"So for that matter, I have to thank you."
"You're welcome." Wang Erlang waved his hand and said politely, "It's a small effort."
Li Renai stood up and pointed the stick between Wang Zhi's eyebrows, "His death is his own fault, but I will inherit his legacy and defeat you."
Li Renai, who had received a good education since childhood, naturally did not believe in the Buddha's reincarnation as spoken by the lower class people, but he admired his Buddha's methods.
In the past three years, he has seen all the struggles between the Xixia Chamber of Commerce and the imperial court. He has also seen the changes that have taken place in the Xixia people in the past three years. He has imagined many times what he would do if he were the emperor of Xixia. withstand?
In the end, he could only follow his father's old path and die.
It is so bold, so miraculous, and so unconstrained to use this unheard-of and unseen business method to elevate a country.
Can't they see the tribes driven by him?
No, they can see it.
This is a conspiracy, and their sly businessmen can certainly see it, but for the sake of profit, they are willing to be driven by him until they enjoy it, get stuck in it, and can no longer escape.
He looked deeply at Wang Zhi. There was only one reason why he came to approach his enemy. He wanted to see this person clearly.
Only by seeing him clearly can you defeat him.
Wang Erlang stood up and patted his butt indifferently, moved the stick away with one finger, and said condescendingly, "I don't even care about your father, who is the Emperor of Xixia, let alone a prisoner like you who has nothing."
"You know nothing about my power."
After Wang Zhi left, Li Renai stood by the fire for a long time holding a stick.
"Brother Zhi, do you want..." Wang Fei pressed against Wang Zhi, gesturing with his fingers on his neck.
"Need not."
"Since I promised his father to protect his family's wealth, I will not attack him."
Wang Zhi said it casually, but his eyes were cautious. This boy was brave and careful, and he could calmly chat with the enemy who killed his father and destroyed the country. He was a cruel person. It seems that he will have to find someone to deal with this guy when he comes to Bianjing in the future. The boy was taken care of.
Although Wang Erlang boasted a lot, he still knew how much he was carrying. This way of conquering a large country with an area of thousands of miles without spending a single soldier seemed to have great means, but he knew in his heart that this was He had great luck, otherwise it would be impossible to complete this whimsical plan.
If he was not from the Langya Wang family, there would be no source of goods.
If he were not the grandson of the Zhong family, it would be impossible to open up the border trade routes.
If Xixia had not been crippled by the Song and Jin people before, he would not be able to cope with just three thousand iron kites.
If the Song Dynasty had not lost troops and generals due to the Northern Expedition, the imperial court would not have allowed him to live freely at the border until now.
To be more specific, if it weren't for Pingxia City becoming a "liang no matter zone", he wouldn't have been able to accomplish this.
If it weren't for Yue Fei's proper command, he would not have been able to deal with Xixia's attacks, large and small, in the past three years.
And when Tongxiazhai was assassinated, if Yue Fei hadn't blocked an arrow for him, the grass on the grave would have been three feet high now...
It is these incredible combinations of people at the right time, right place, and unrepeatable events that have led to today's results.
So what Wang Erlang felt today was just happy, not proud.
…
Early the next morning, when it was just dawn, the escort team ate some dry food and lined up their team, ready to set off. However, they were not sent out for a long time.
“These women are so troublesome!”
A captain of a thousand-man team said impatiently as he looked at the group of women who were still grinding in the camp.
Those were all the concubines and daughters of the late Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun. They were also packed up by Wang Erlang and taken to Bianjing together.
According to Wang Erlang: A family must be neat and tidy.
"What do you know, you bastard? It's very pleasing to my eyes."
The captain of the Thousand People Brigade on the side squinted his eyes and looked closely at the women coming and going, his saliva almost flowing out.
"Put your tongue away, it's not your cup of tea anymore."
"The same goes for the president. He is obviously our prisoner, yet he still wants to be treated with such courtesy. He won't even let us touch his maid."
"What do you know? The president didn't want to touch them. When we came, we wandered around to give them a chance to escape. It's a pity that the Emperor of Xixia has a hard bone. He would rather die than escape, so he would die in exchange for their Wealthy, the president respects the Xixia Emperor as a person and takes good care of his widow."
"I think the main reason why the president can't move them is because they are the Xixia royal family after all, and they still have the support of the people. Our chamber of commerce is doing business in this land, so naturally we can't embarrass them."
Several thousand-man captains gathered together and talked to each other, but they had already explained the essence of the matter.
Things are indeed as they said. Wang Zhi originally did not want to take action against the Xixia royal family. The Dangxiang Li family has ruled this land for more than a hundred years, and the people's support has not lost. According to the original script, there will be another hundred years. Guo Zuo, if he hadn't been worried that attacking them directly would damage the Chamber of Commerce's reputation, Wang Zhi would have led his army to attack Xingqing Mansion a year ago.
He waited until now to take action because the wedding was approaching and he had to take action. However, after Wang Erlang heard what Li Renai said last night, he was really scared when he thought about it. If he really waited until Li Qianshun asked for the golden soldiers to attack, he really didn't know how to resist.
The current Jin army is like a tiger that has just emerged from the cage. It does not have enough strategic depth and is unable to resist with a small Pingxia city.
Thank you for the wedding date, thank you Miss Cao...
Wang Erlang chanted a mantra and mounted his tall white horse.
"Set off!"
