Dali is located in the southwest of the Song Dynasty, bordering Chengdufu Road, Tongchuanfu Road, Kuizhou Road and Guangnan West Road of the Song Dynasty!
Dali has always coveted the Song Dynasty, and in the middle and late period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Qiongbu Prefecture in the south of Chengdu Road was occupied by the Dali Kingdom!
Now, Chen Bing of Dali Kingdom is located at the junction of Guangnan West Road. Once he captures the land of Ziqi and goes deep inward, he will directly threaten a large area of Guangnan South Road.
Because the entire South Guangxi Road is very similar to the situation in Dali Country, both of which were formed by the fusion of many local tribes.
The number of local tribes on Guangnan West Road is much greater than that in southern Chengdu Prefecture!
In addition, once the Dali Kingdom succeeds in its purpose, the Yue Li Kingdom to the east of the Dali Kingdom will also follow suit! At that time, the entire southwest of the Song Dynasty will never have peace.
If you want to solve the problem of Dali Kingdom, it is not realistic for the Song Dynasty to send troops now! First of all, after last year's war with Tubo and the consumption of floods, the entire treasury is in an empty state. In addition, Dali Kingdom also borders Tubo.
, if the two parties secretly join forces, then the Song Dynasty will lose sight of one and be unable to deal with it!
The most important thing is that the reason why the current Jin Kingdom maintains peace with the Song Dynasty is not because of Shen Tang, but because of the military strength and national power of the Song Dynasty! If the experience of the Song Dynasty was contained by these small border countries, then Wanyan
With Yong’s eyes, I would definitely not mind coming up and taking a bite!
Therefore, Dali must be suppressed, otherwise there will never be peace if it is indulged.
However, we cannot send troops directly, at least not openly!
In this case, it was necessary to find another opponent for Dali to restrain Dali's energy so that he would have no time to conflict with Song Dynasty.
Shen Tang immediately wrote a reply to Zhao Shen and asked someone to hand it over to Duban and send it back immediately! Then, Shen Tang asked someone to call in Xin Qiji's people.
"My subordinate, Commander of the Xin Family Army, Shen Xiang, pays homage to your lord! I am here under the orders of General Xin!"
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Shen Tang smiled, "How was your Chinese New Year?
It is really hard for us soldiers, who are stationed at the garrison and guard the border all day long, and cannot be reunited with our families!"
"Thank you for your concern, sir!"
Shen Xiang grinned and said, "The same goes for celebrating the New Year with the brothers in the camp. There is enough food in the camp, and General Xin is also considerate of the brothers! Moreover, he asked each brother to write a letter home and send it back immediately.
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The two chatted for a few words, and then Shen Xiang said, "The general sent his subordinates here so that they can bring letters to your lord!"
With that said, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Shen Tang, and continued, "In the previous battle at Jiangyang Mountain, we captured hundreds of prisoners! After interrogation and investigation, we found that the origins of these people were extremely complicated!
Among these people are small groups of bandits, bandits who dominate the mountains, and feather archers from villages or counties in various places! They were all summoned by someone with a lot of money, just to intercept and kill a team, and
We don’t know the inside story! At that time, the leader who summoned them was also in the team. However, when we checked the body, we found that the insider was already dead! "
"Now, these people are still being detained in the camp. General Xin also hopes to find more clues, but it is obviously extremely difficult!"
The letter was more detailed, but the content was basically the same as what Shen Xiang said! Shen Tang couldn't help but frown, the origin of this group of troops was so secretive, and the people sent were also dead soldiers! In this way, if you want to find The real clues may be even more difficult.
"Have portraits been made of the deceased insiders?"
"Well, it's been done!"
Shen Xiang took out a few portraits and handed them to Shen Tang, "After interrogating everyone, it was found that these three are the people who paid a lot of money to recruit these soldiers, and their names are 'Wei Da', 'Zhang Ji', and 'Chu Sanbang'!" However, according to General Xin’s guess, these names are probably pseudonyms!”
"General Xin is afraid of alerting the real mastermind, so he has not asked anyone to verify the origins of these people for the time being!"
Shen Tang nodded, "Okay, let General Xin let this matter rest for now! I will arrange for others to investigate the rest of the matter!"
After talking with Shen Xiang, Shen Tang finally took out Lu Feng's letter! He was shocked when he saw it! On New Year's Eve, Sun Letian, the pacifier on Kuizhou Road, was assassinated! On the same night, several people A local military and horse department supervisor was assassinated while on patrol! What’s even more surprising is that these assassins with great magical powers have not been traced at all! Now, the entire Kuizhou Road is in chaos, plus The Punishment Department, Dali Si and others who had just arrived were in a complete mess!
Putting the letter directly into the brazier and burning it to ashes, Shen Tang was extremely shocked! He vaguely guessed the truth of the matter, but the result was still unbelievable! The envoy who comforted him along the way was assassinated directly. Such a thing The seriousness is no less serious than the assassination of his imperial envoy! Unfortunately, the information behind this matter is too complicated and serious, and it is not suitable for me to get involved now.
However, Shen Tang felt no pity for Sun Letian's death! If he guessed correctly, the reason why the two eunuchs and Yun Anjun attacked him and Zhao Ling was probably related to the comfort envoy and Guan Mingzhe. There is a very deep connection! Otherwise, how could there be so many coincidences?
The two eunuchs and Yun Anjun became the knives in the hands of others. I am afraid that these people will not know the truth when they die!
Next, Dark Night Pavilion's power on Kuizhou Road must be restrained and lurking! It is conceivable that the current Kuizhou Road is a powder keg, and anyone involved may be blown to pieces!
At the same time, Shen Tang thought about the Dali matter mentioned just now! It seems that the matter about Dali must be dealt with as soon as possible! Dali is also bordered by Kuizhou Road. Obviously Kuizhou Road is a mess, and for Dali Of course it's a good thing.
If they take advantage of the situation, things will only get worse!
Shen Tang sat alone in the hall for a long time, smoothing over the current affairs and making arrangements for what to do next.
First of all, Zhao Shen still needs to respond to Dali's matter! After all, this matter is of great importance. If he doesn't get Zhao Shen's approval, he can't intervene at will! However, he can prepare in advance! There is a possibility that Zhao Shen agrees with his opinion. If it is larger, arrange the matter first, and then implement it directly after Zhao Shen's reply.
The second thing is to continue to pay attention to and sort out the follow-up matters of the disaster in Wulu! Now that I have not left my responsibilities as an imperial envoy, I naturally need to have a beginning and an end!