Let us also say that Zhao Guan's family set out westward on the fifth day of the first lunar month. Although they were traveling along what was probably the smoothest road in ancient China, even though there were military stations along the way due to the confrontation over the Yellow River, and even though less than half of the accompanying troops were cavalry, they were still in Shangyuan.

He arrived in Chang'an after the festival, and then sat in Chang'an waiting for news from all parties.

Among them, the Jurchens' response concentrated in the second half of January, while the Xixia people made a decision that was almost helpless for a small country at the end of January.

By the time Xixia Prime Minister Xue Yuanli and Goryeo envoy Zheng Zhichang arrived in Chang'an, it was already mid-February. Once the Xixia envoys arrived, they only hurriedly handed over the gifts and were quickly left idle.

Of course, their basic personal freedoms within the city are not restricted.

And Xue Yuanli went to see him several times and asked relevant officials several times. The information he got was either that Zhao Guan's family went on an outing outside the city, or that the emperor went to the Yan'an County Prince's Mansion to see his son-in-law and daughter-in-law, or to visit some places of interest.

In this regard, the Xixia people themselves were not anxious but overjoyed.

The reason is very simple. The Zhao Song official family is so relaxed and the atmosphere in Chang'an City is so casual, which further proves that the actions of the Zhao Song official family this time are probably a war blackmail, and the imagined Three Kingdoms War cannot be fought at all.

In fact, as the Xixia people continued to inquire inside the city, more and more information came out that verified Xue Yuanli's conjecture.

For example, not only did the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty stop taking action after they stationed in Weinan, but Wu Jie also retreated slightly to Fangzhou after retaking the security forces on the front line, and Han Shizhong and Hu Yin also returned to Chang'an one after another... Seeing this, it seems that even

The Jurchens were scolding and hesitating, thinking about whether to withdraw from the Hezhong Prefecture area, so the Xixia people were naturally relieved.

Not only that, Xue Yuanli also found a very convincing reason to further verify that the Zhao Song official family had no intention of provoking a war at this time, that is, the young Emperor Zhao Song nearly three years after the death of his only heir,

Finally, they had another serious heir - everyone in Chang'an City knew that Concubine Wu and Concubine Pan, who were far away in Tokyo, gave birth to two sons for the Emperor of Zhao and Song Dynasty.

The prince named Yuanzuo was born to Concubine Wu Guifei and was born on the third day of February; the prince named Dezuo was born to Concubine Pan Guifei and was born on the seventh day of February.

In other words, it should be the news of the birth of these two princes that stopped the Emperor of Zhao and Song from provoking a war... After all, everyone knew that this emperor had given birth to a lot of daughters before, but he had not yet raised his only son.

If you are old, you may not dare to think that you are a son when you enter the customs. And since you have a son, given the extremely low survival rate of babies these days and the experience of the previous emperor's heir, you will naturally have various concerns.

Doesn’t it mean that this emperor also worships Buddhism? Isn’t he afraid of retribution?

"Is this Chang Ling?"

On February 19th, the weather was fine. Thirty-five miles north of Chang'an City, on the north bank of the Weishui River, Zhao Jiu was standing in front of two huge hills in deep thought. "To the west is the tomb of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and to the east is the tomb of Empress Lu?"

"

"yes."

When the emperor went out, Yu Wenxuzhong, who had the status of Prime Minister, had to stay in Chang'an. Naturally, Han Shizhong was the leader of the accompanying civil and military officials, but Han Shizhong could not understand this. The person who spoke was Hu Yin, the five-way transfer envoy to Guanxi.

"What are there so many buildings in the middle?" Zhao Jiu was still curious.

"He is buried with the hero."

"oh?"

"Starting from the westernmost end of the cemetery and going fourteen miles east to the Jinghe River, there are the tombs of the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty." Hu Yin answered slowly, expressionless. "Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Zhou Yafu, Wang Ling, Ji

Xin, Zhang Er, Tian Ran, Tian Sheng, etc. are all here..."

"No Zhang Liang?" Han Shizhong, who had been reading for a few days recently, suddenly interrupted and asked curiously.

"No." Hu Yin replied seriously. "There is no Zhang Liang, no Chen Ping, no Zhu Lu, and no Han Xin!"

Han Shizhong obviously didn't understand Hu Yin's joke, so he continued to ask: "Why not? With Zhang Liang's contribution..."

"Nine times out of ten, it was stolen!" The Zhao Guan family, who was watching the situation in Changling with their hands behind their backs, seemed to be displeased to see their beloved general and in-laws being teased, so they immediately interrupted. "What else can there be? Green forest and red eyebrows don't recognize the heroes of the Han family.

Just like the Jin army and the Heluo bandits in the early years of Jianyan, the army bandits did not recognize the imperial tombs of this dynasty. Of course, they had to search through them, collect their pearls and jade, and scatter their bones... Of the tombs more than ten miles away, only the present

There are so many, so it can be seen that most of them have been stolen and flattened."

Prime Minister Hu Yin responded: "I also think so. For example, although Zhang Liang said that there are many theories about tombs elsewhere, but only looking at Xiao He, it is correct that his tomb is in Changling. There are also various attachments in other places. It can be seen that many heroes should be buried in this place.

Here, only the disaster of Red Eyebrows and Green Forest, even Empress Lu’s body was exhumed, and the bones of most of the heroes were probably thrown away.”

After saying this, Hu Yin paused for a moment and finally showed a mocking look on his face: "Even if Han Xin ended up like that, there are actually big tombs and seals everywhere. Isn't it ridiculous?"

The ministers who accompanied him, whether they were Han Shizhong, Wang De, Li Shifu or other low-educated generals, or military generals with some knowledge such as Yue Fei, Qu Duan, Liu Qi, Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan, etc., all sighed.

"Do I have a mausoleum?" Zhao Jiu glanced at the appearance of this group of people, and suddenly remembered something while feeling complicated.

"No..." Hu Yin answered seriously. "But the Emperor Taishang Daojun has it. It has been repaired in front of Jingkang for decades. In Luoyang, because there is nothing, it has not been dug up."

This was true. Han Shizhong and others were fine, but several of the accompanying civil servants couldn't help but feel embarrassed... Because Hu Mingzhong almost asked Zhao Guan's family to rob the tomb of the Supreme Emperor. Anyway, looking at the current situation, the Supreme Daojun and the Emperor were eight out of ten.

Jiu Yao passed away in the Shaolin Temple, and there was no way a pagoda was given away for free.

However, Zhao Jiu thought about it for a moment, then looked at the two big mountains in front of him and shook his head: "Thinking about these is too far away. The tombs built on the mountain are no match for the descendants who will lose their family property a hundred years later. What will happen after death?"

Look at life, secondly look at the descendants after death, and thirdly look at fortune. The only thing we can control is what happened during our lifetime. And I don’t expect to be virtuous and meritorious during my lifetime. It would be more cost-effective to make some eternal achievements.

...Lingyan Pavilion collapsed, who can forget Emperor Taizong and the Twenty-Four Heroes? After the fall of the Later Han Dynasty, what about Han Guangwu and the Twenty-Eight Stars? The same is true for the former Han Dynasty, Xiao He's tomb is still there, and there are still tombs in other places; Zhang Liang

The tomb was nowhere to be found, and everyone was vying to raise it; even Han Xin was killed by the three Yi tribes, and there was no delay in finding his tomb elsewhere and sealing it... So, if I can restore the achievements of the Gaotang Sect of the Han Dynasty, I will die.

Then burn it to ashes and throw it into the sea. Do you dare to omit my name from the history books?"

Hu Yin still looked serious, but Han Shizhong and other military ministers nodded in agreement, looking harmonious.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guanjia suddenly turned around to look at the people behind him, which shocked the group of generals behind him: "You guys should stop nodding... I am talking about myself.

If you have a concept, you will be tainted by the world, and you are destined to be unable to establish a moral character, so you can only seek merit, but being a minister is different... Isn't it a good idea to learn from Zhuge Wuhou to establish a moral character? Isn't the reputation of the Han ancestor Tang Zong

Is it better than Zhuge Wuhou or greater than Zhuge Wuhou?"

"In the official family, Marquis Zhuge Wu is the prime minister." Han Shizhong was shocked by Zhao Jiu's look, and he quickly stepped forward to make fun of him. "Of course this is where the ministers go. How can I learn from this? It's better to follow the official family and do what they do.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are all right..."

Due to the order, the other military ministers couldn't say much... they could only agree one after another.

There is no way, who made Han Shizhong the county king?

Who makes people unparalleled in the world?

Mrs. Liang gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, who were also called Unparalleled in the World, because this was the only family with dual in-laws from the Tian family, and there was no other semicolon! Yue Pengju could only have one in-law.

Therefore, Qu Duan, who has been whipped by Han, is honest, and Wang De, who is convinced that Han's words ruined the future of the capital, is also honest. He has long since worshiped Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in his youth.

Yue Fei is more honest during this stage... There is no way, everyone knows what Han is doing when he comes back this time, just to prevent Yue Peng from stealing the coach this time. He is the target of the Yan'an County King this time.

Zhao Jiu, who was dressed in plain casual clothes, glanced at Han Shizhong's face again, but finally laughed, then turned around again, paced forward with his hands behind his back, and civil and military officials rushed up behind him, and more imperial guards were guarding him.

Go down and chase forward.

Zhao Jiu kept moving forward along the middle line of the same land enclosed by the two mountains, and he kept walking and stopping. It was obvious that he was looking for something... In fact, many followers also realized the goal of Zhao Guan's family. He seemed to want to find Han Gaozu and Lu

The central connection point of the rear sealing soil.

But it is a pity that the two seals seem to be the same, but in fact there is still a slight difference. After all, the seal of Empress Lu is smaller. At the same time, the seal of Empress Lu's tomb has probably been damaged, and its shape is somewhat incomplete.

Zhao Guan's house walked around, but still couldn't find a perfect symmetry point.

The civil and military people behind him seemed to have noticed something, and there was no extra sound. Only Han Shizhong walked forward and backward with a relaxed pace.

In the end, seeing the sun turning to the west and reaching the afternoon, Zhao Jiu finally gave up and found a random building in the cemetery. It was the sacrificial room in front of the tombs of Zhou Bo, Zhou Yafu and his son, so he could sit down here.

"Hu Yin."

Zhao Jiu came to the front of the house, found a stone bench and sat down, and then called someone over Han Shizhong to face him seriously. "You have been in Guanxi for many years, and you are probably familiar with military affairs. I ask you, if you want to follow the rules of Chang'an before?"

Are there any key points you would like to point out to me regarding the strategy for conquering Xia?"

From Han Shizhong on down, many handsome ministers were stunned, but none of them could interrupt.

"Yes." Hu Yin still had a serious look on his face, and he immediately raised his hands in front of the sacrificial house.

"Tell me."

"The foundation of conquering Xia is not the troops and horses, not before and not this time, but the logistics."

"That's good!" Zhao Jiu was pleasantly surprised.

"In order to ensure proper logistics, there must be a proper marching route. Looking at the past progress, there are three proper routes, one is slow, one is medium and one is urgent. The slow is in Hexi, capture Hehuang, occupy Hexi, and cut off the arm of Xixia; the middle is in Hengshan, attack

Loot the city and fortress, proceed calmly and aggressively. Once you successfully invade Hongzhou, Xiazhou, and Xixia, the door will be opened wide and the key points will be exposed. The urgent task is to leave Pingxia City, follow the Hulu River, go straight to the hinterland of Xingling, and win in one fell swoop..."

"In short, you can't go to the vast sea under any circumstances, right?"

"right!"

When Han Shizhong heard this, he wanted to praise his old friend Hu Caosi for what he said was pertinent and no longer looked like a cute Nanyang child in the past.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guanjia just continued to urge without giving Han Shizhong a chance to speak: "What else?"

"The other thing is to have cavalry!" Hu Yin continued to answer seriously. "And there must be a large number of cavalry! And the cavalry has two uses. One is that the hinterland of Xixia is blocked by mountains, deserts, and rivers. After entering the hinterland of Xixia,

The terrain is completely unfamiliar, so it is necessary to have enough cavalry scattered around to act as scouts and detect the terrain; the other is that as we all know, Xixia has many cavalry, not only the six thousand iron kites, but also many tribal cavalry, so since they invade

In the hinterland, we must beware of the Xixia cavalry who came to support us when we garrisoned under the city. If we want to deal with this situation, we must have enough cavalry to stop the Xixia cavalry, or simply use the cavalry to force the Xixia people to fight with me in the field."

Zhao Jiu nodded repeatedly: "Is there more?"

"Yes." Hu Yin said calmly under the slightly nervous gazes of the military ministers. "You must choose a commander who knows how to advance and retreat, calculates food and fodder, and has better logistics control, and who is not arrogant in victory or discouraged in defeat."

…Compared with this, outstanding bravery and outstanding strategy are not worthy of the Dao.”

Zhao Jiu finally raised his palms and smiled: "We should treat each other with admiration after three days of separation. In the past, Hu Zhongcheng also knew the enemy."

"I still don't know how to fight." Hu Yin proudly handed over his hand. "What I said is just a summary of the past hundred years of conquering Xixia... In the past hundred years, the Song Dynasty's war against Xia has never stopped, and the discussion of conquering Xia has never stopped.
To be continued...