"Old Cheng, what's going on with this Luo Ghost Kingdom envoy?"

After settling the matter of the Xixia envoy, Zhao Kuo remembered that there were Elder Shi from the south and Xiao Simo who was playing in the side hall.

"Well... I can't say what this elder Shi means. King Yongnan is already five years old and is old enough to go to school. He wants to send him to Lin'an."

"Whether it's studying literature or martial arts, it's more convenient than in Luo's Ghost Country. I just brought King Yongnan here without saying hello in advance."

The affairs of Xixia and Luo's Ghost Kingdom seem to have something to do with Guo Mo. The former Zhao Kuo can make the decision for Guo Mo. After all, marriage in this era is about "the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker."

Especially when it comes to the marriage between the two countries, the ministers can only obey orders.

However, the fact that King Yongnan came to Lin'an to study was a big or small matter.

If this child is really an ordinary prince of a small country, it would be enough if he was given the surname "Zhao" because of his good relationship with the Song Dynasty. The key is that he is Guo Mo's biological son.

This is a bit troublesome.

"Let's do this. The child will be raised with me for now. I will send someone to write a letter to Xiao Qi and ask him what he means. As for the Xixia marriage, just follow the procedures of the Ministry of Etiquette."

Is this handled with a clear distinction between public and private matters?

Cheng Jue's head was a bit big, but he didn't dare to tell Guo Mo in advance. He was the Sima of Prince Yan's Palace and also the Minister of Rites.

According to his understanding of our Prince Yan, these two matters are probably equally difficult.

All the ministers retreated, and Lao Zhao Kuo looked at Xiao Simo beside him, thoughtfully.

"Old man, go and call Elder Shi, and we will take the children to Peach Blossom Island together."

.....

Xixia, Yinzhou City.

Guo Mo has been staying here for more than a month. Lu Guanying's injury has fully recovered and he has been able to start practicing martial arts normally in the past few days.

Guo Mo didn't have any of his disciples with him, but there were quite a few people he had to mentor every day.

Lu Guanying, Feng Ge, plus Li Zhichang and Cui Zhifang of the Quanzhen Sect.

After "Taikoozi" Hao Datong broke through to the first-class level in Zhongxing Mansion, he volunteered to join the "Tingfeng" team.

In this way, Xixia's "Tingfeng" organization has three first-class masters in charge.

Lu Chengfeng stayed in Yinzhou, Hao Datong went to the "Longmen Inn", and "Bronze Corpse" Chen Xuanfeng didn't like to stay in one place.

He simply traveled throughout the eastern and northern parts of Xixia, maintaining constant contact, and could also play a certain protective role in the "Tingfeng" strongholds in various places.

In more than a month, Lu Chengfeng re-established six strongholds in Xixia, mainly distributed in the east and north, always paying attention to the movements of Wanyankang and the Mongols.

Although Wokuotai was defeated in Hebei, Temuge, who was in Xixia, drove straight in, avoiding Wanyankang entrenched in the southeast corner of Xixia, and directly expanded westward from the north of Xixia.

In half a year, they reached the junction of Xixia and Xiliao, forcing the Xixia army to shrink further south.

Temuge did not have many soldiers. Inspired by Tuo Lei's incident in Goryeo, he also moved the two tribes under his jurisdiction in Mongolia, nearly 50,000 people, directly into Xixia after the spring of this year.

Although teenagers, strong women, or gray-haired old men cannot go into battle to kill enemies or attack cities and forts, they can still manage to defend a given city with swords and guns.

Therefore, Brother Tiemu basically had no worries, and adopted the method of supporting war with war. He did not need to consider the issue of food and grass, but instead accelerated the speed of the attack.

In mid-August, the climate in Xixia was still very dry and hot. Brother Tiemu returned to the east and directly captured Shazhou, the most important town in the west of Xixia, and also stared at Guazhou not far away.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor Li Zunxu, who was in Zhongxing Mansion, was already ready and got on the carriage heading east.

The Supreme Emperor of Xixia wanted to go to Lin'an in the Song Dynasty to take care of his old age. For the Xixia Kingdom, it was not a glorious thing after all, and the people who knew about it were limited to a very small circle.

Li Zunxu and his party did not put on much ostentation. They were accompanied by Murong Qiudi and four palace maids as maids. In addition, behind the carriage were three brothers and sisters of "Vulture" Yuchixuan.

A group of nine people, two cars, and three horses left Zhongxing Mansion quietly.

"Your Majesty, you just watched the Supreme Emperor go to the Song Dynasty?"

On the tower of Zhongxing Mansion, the current leader of Xixia, Li Dewang, was standing there in casual clothes, followed closely by a person who turned out to be a first-rate player.

Murong Qiudi left, taking with him the only three first-class masters in "Yipin Tang". Li Dewang finally took over "Yipin Tang".

The man next to him was named Tuoba Hong, who was also a member of the Party. It was said that his ancestors were from the royal family.

It was the Tuoba clan that competed with the Murong clan hundreds of years ago. However, they had long been lost to the rest of the people in the long river of history, and were not as resolute and durable as the Murong clan.

Tuoba Hong has always been Li Dewang's bodyguard commander, and now he has become the head of "Yipin Tang". Unfortunately, although his name is still there, his strength is gone.

"Maybe the Emperor's choice was right. He still has Lin'an where he can go to take care of himself, but he doesn't know where I will go in the future?"

In Li Dewang's sleeve, he clutched tightly a military newspaper that had just been delivered overnight.

Shazhou, an important town in the west, was lost and captured overnight by the Mongolian Temmuge.

In this way, Li Dewang's previous deployment in the east, whether it was to indulge Wan Yankang, treat Guo Mo courteously, or even sell Yinzhou, seems to have no practical significance.

Brother Tiemu took a detour to the west, and the distance from Shazhou to Zhongxing Mansion was only a few hundred miles, with only three larger cities in between.

Can Zhongxing Mansion, or Xixia, still be defended?

"Tuoba Hong, I will write a handwritten message. You must send a capable person to Kangcheng and hand it over to Wanyan Kang personally."

"In addition, let's withdraw all the officials and soldiers from Yinzhou and send them directly to Guazhou to garrison. It is always good to concentrate more strength."

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Guo Mo originally planned to go back after August, but was held back by the rapidly changing situation in Xixia.

First, Tiemuge from the north drove straight in, and saw that he had already occupied one-half of the Xixia territory.

Wanyan Kang, who had been keeping his troops stationary, suddenly sent out his capable general, the "loyalty and filial piety army" commanded by Monk Wanyan Chen.

From south to north, we successively captured the two cities that Temu Ge had previously occupied.

At this time, Wan Yankang directly displayed the banner of King Zhao, but in the area he commanded, there was no sign of Dai Jin.

You must know that Brother Tiemu has less than 30,000 cavalry in Xixia, while Wanyankang has developed over the past few years and already has 60,000 cavalry.

If it hadn't been for the attrition on the battlefield in Hebei before moving to Pu'a, Wanyankang's strength would have been even stronger.

Perhaps because he saw that Xixia was profitable in Wokuotai in the desert, he ignored the impact of the recent defeat in Hebei and directly sent Borshu with 20,000 Mongolian cavalry to help Tiemu Ge.

But judging from what Borshu did after arriving in Xixia, it seemed that he was not here to help Temmu, but to pick peaches.

Xixia's army also lost more than 30,000 troops in this round of crazy attacks by Tiemu Ge.

Now, what Li Dewang can really control, including the upcoming evacuation from Yinzhou, is less than 80,000 people.

The Mongolian army is 50,000, Wanyankang is 60,000, and the Xixia army is 80,000. This is the current situation of the three pillars in Xixia.

"Little Junior Sister, is Your Highness here?"

When Guo Mo was watching Lu Guanying and Feng Ge sparring, Lu Chengfeng's voice came from outside.

"Fourth Senior Brother, what happened?"

Seeing Lu Chengfeng's hurried look with a piece of information in his hand, Guo Mo knew something was going on.

"Your Highness, the Xixia military and political affairs were all withdrawn from Yinzhou in the past two days. We have been speculating on what happened. Now the person who decrypted the code should be here. Invite people in -"

Lu Chengfeng shouted toward the door. As soon as he finished speaking, someone walked in from the door.

The person who came in was a Xixia warrior. Guo Mo seemed to have seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for the moment.

"I have met His Highness King Yan of the Great Song Dynasty. I am sent by the Emperor of Great Xia. This is an autographed letter from my lord. From now on, the entire Yinzhou belongs to your Highness—"

"What?"

After hearing that the person introduced himself, Guo Mo finally remembered that he had met this person when he met Li Dewang at the Hao Palace in Zhongxing Prefecture more than a month ago.

The letter that Guo Mo received from the passerby was not long. The general idea was that the officials of the Song Dynasty had agreed to the marriage between the two countries. Guo Mo would marry the "Princess Yincheng" of Xixia, and the entire Yinzhou would be delivered as a dowry to the "Princess Yincheng".

To Guo Mo.

After Guo Mo read the letter, he didn't say anything and handed it to Huang Rong who was standing aside.

Huang Rong was a little surprised. She usually tried her best to avoid getting involved in military affairs or political affairs.

The principle that "the harem cannot interfere with politics" is still very popular in this era, although Guo Mo is only a King of Yan now.

However, since Guo Mo handed the letter to her, it means that the content of the letter may be related to him.

With puzzled thoughts, Huang Rong unfolded the letter and read it together with Li Mochou next to her.

"Ah, how could this happen? Sister..."

Before Huang Rong could say anything, Li Mochou shouted first.

Guo Mo also said nothing, staring at Huang Rong intently, as if thinking about how to talk to Huang Rong.

"Gee, this King of Xixia is so courageous. He uses the land of a state as a dowry. Is it possible that our 'Princess of Yincheng' won't be able to get married?"

Huang Rong was not waiting for the storm, but she was still in the mood to tease Guo Mo.

"Little junior sister, what's a 'land of one state'? What's a 'princess of Yincheng'?"

Lu Chengfeng on the side was confused when he heard this. Feng Ge and Lu Guanying, who were fighting in the field, also stopped and gathered around together with Li Zhichang and Cui Zhifang.

"Fourth Senior Brother, it will be much more convenient for you to do things in Xixia from now on. The Lord of Xixia has betrothed the 'Princess Yincheng' to our Highness the King of Yan to be the concubine of the King of Yan. This Yinzhou is the dowry."

Huang Rong threw the letter in her hand to Lu Chengfeng, glared at Guo Mo, and turned back to the inner house.
To be continued...