Chapter 11 　　

It's over!It's over!After two loud bangs, Ye Tongma, who had been watching the movement of the Song Army's barracks, immediately fell into the abyss of despair at the head of Lingzhou City. Ye Yin who was standing behind him closed his eyes in pain, and kept shaking his head, changed, changed Everything has changed, the pattern of warfare has begun to change. Maybe the change is not big enough, but it is enough to make a once powerful army pay an unbearable price for it. The failure of the Xixia army and the fall of the Xixia Kingdom are just footnotes of a change. What do you want to do?Ye Yinma's roar woke Ye Yin up from the pain.

Several military officers led hundreds of fully armed soldiers rushing towards them and surrounded them. Just as the soldiers were about to draw their knives, they were shot to death with a few swishes. Jing Siming, do you want to rebel?Ye Tongma glared at the leading military officer and shouted sharply. The military officer named Jing Siming sneered: What rebellion? !The Song Dynasty came to help restore the emperor!You are the rebel! villain!Ye Tongma roared angrily and drew out his saber, two long spears had pierced his chest, Jing Siming looked at Ye Tongma and said with a smile: "Ye Tongma, those who know current affairs are heroes."This Xiping mansion could not be defended already, now that Yehai is dead, all the elites in the city have come out, if you continue to resist like this, all the soldiers and civilians in the city will be killed by you.What's more, what good results can be achieved by burying and guarding the city for Liang Yi?

I am defending the city for the Great Xia Kingdom!Ye Tongma's eyes seemed to burst into flames. Is it?But the king of the Great Xia Kingdom was controlled by powerful ministers.General Ye, if you are really a loyal minister, why didn't you raise your troops to rescue him?You speak better than you sing, I think you are a villain.Next to Jing Siming, a young military officer sneered at Ye Tongma. Ye Yin didn't want to engage in unnecessary verbal disputes. He observed the situation calmly. There were a large number of rebellious Xia troops. They had obviously controlled the city gate, and some people had already ridden out of the city with a white flag. Soon, a group of at least thousands of people The cavalry of the Song Army rushed to Lingzhou with the rebels.

Things are beyond repair. After the military officer next to Jing Siming finished speaking, Ye Yin suddenly felt that this person was extremely familiar.He turned his head away, stared at this person for a long time, and suddenly remembered a person, are you the former Ministry of Marquis Wen?How did you get to Lingzhou? The man looked back at Ye Yin, and said with a smile: The second young master has a good memory, I thank Yi, and I once met the second young master once.After Liang Ni's rebellion, I worked hard to live under the command of General Jing. As a serious criminal, I dare not visit him at home, and I have offended him.

Sure enough, masters and servants are not good things.Ye Tongma spat at Xie Yi.The matter has come to this point, if you want to kill, kill, you villains, if you surrender the Song Dynasty, there will be no good results. General Ye was wrong.Even Mu Zena and the others had good results, so naturally we don't have to worry about our future.Xie Yi smiled leisurely, he still wanted to persuade Ye Tongma to surrender, the matter has come to this point, why don't General Ye abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible. How could I, Ye Tongma, betray the Lord and seek glory!Ye Tongma cursed angrily, spit out a mouthful of phlegm on Xie Yi's face, grabbed the end of a gun, and stabbed it hard into the hollow of his chest.

Do not know current affairs.Jing Siming cursed at Ye Tongma's corpse, turned around, stared at Ye Yin, and said solemnly: "Xie Lang, cut the weeds to get rid of the roots." Such useless people talk about Confucianism and Taoism, why are they afraid of him?Your Excellency might as well leave a living and hand it over to General Zhong to punish him, so as to show your sincerity. Also, tie him up.Jing Siming also always looked down on Ye Yin, so he didn't look at Ye Yin any more, stepped forward and cut off Ye Tongma's head, handed it to the general, and arranged: "Seal the letter and send it together with the head to the commander-in-chief's tent." From now on, we are all Song people!

Behind Jing Siming, Ye Yin's resentful eyes made Xie Yi shudder. Ludu. Xiaofeng rolled away the dark curtain on the horizon, revealing the deep, slightly white sky.The weeds on the river bank trembled slightly in the wind, and both sides of the Yellow River were shrouded in a mysterious thinness.No one here knows what happened in Lingzhou City thirty miles away.Xia Jun, who was guarding the ferry, was still patrolling back and forth with torches, monitoring every move on the river and the south bank. Probably nothing will happen.Master Wang Song, who was guarding Ludu, never thought that the fortified Xiping Mansion would fall in just a few days.As for the Song Army in Yanzhou, they heard from some shepherds that they saw a brigade of Song Army passing by from a distance on the edge of the desert two days ago. Maybe they were going to attack Shengweikou. .If Xingweikou falls, Hetao will be cut off from then on. From Dingzhou to Xingqingfu, there is almost no danger at all for a hundred and forty miles. However, at this moment, everyone is at risk.Master Wang Song didn't even bother to report the news.He is a descendant of the thirty-eight tribes of Tibetan talents, the survival of Xixia has little to do with him, as long as he is loyal to his duty.

Master Wang Song was just about to go back to the camp to warm up by the fire and drink a sip of hot soup to warm himself up, when he heard a messy sound of horseshoes coming from the southwest. Master Wang Song yelled loudly: cheer me up! The soldiers were in a panic, quickly closed the camp gate, and opened their bows and crossbows.Some people ran to the ferry with torches and piled hay and other flammable items on the ferry. As long as there was an emergency, they would burn the ferry clean. Not long after, Bo Mingzhong could vaguely see hundreds of people running towards Lu Du.Wang Songshi was shocked when he saw these people were mixed in foot and horse, out of line, with scattered flags, and they looked like they had thrown away their helmets and armor and panicked.

Before the defeated troops retreated to Ludu's camp, seeing that the camp was closed and they couldn't cross the river, they immediately shouted: "Open the gate!"open the door! Who are you?Master Wang Song asked loudly through the gate of the camp. Open the door quickly, don't run, the Song people are chasing you Open the door, Song people are amazing Those defeated soldiers didn't pay attention to Master Wang Song at all, they just yelled to themselves, and some of them looked behind them from time to time, as if the Song army would appear behind them soon. When these defeated soldiers called out like this, Lu Du's soldiers immediately panicked.Everyone looked at Master Wang Song, at a loss.There was a buzzing in Master Wang Song's mind, and there was only one thought circling around: Xiping Mansion is over, Xiping Mansion is over

open the door quickly The shouts outside the village became louder and louder, and someone had already rushed towards the gate of the village. Master Wang Song was shocked and pulled back from the momentary panic. stop!With a loud roar, he shot an arrow, which landed right at the feet of the Xia Bing who was rushing forward. The Xia Bing was stunned for a moment, frightened to death, crying and roaring, rolling and crawling. went back.The defeated soldiers outside the camp also fell silent, looking at Lu Du's camp one by one, neither daring to enter nor retreat. Where is Master Ye?Master Wang Song asked loudly.

The defeated soldiers outside the village looked at each other, no one knew what happened to Ye Tongma. How did you lose?Who is the leader?Find someone to come out and answer. The defeated soldiers pushed and shoved for a while, and only one person came out, and replied in Xixia dialect with the accent of Xingqing Mansion: We were sent by Mr. Ye to dig the seventh-level canal, and when we dug halfway, Song Jun was caught off guard. , I heard that it was Jing Siming who donated the Xiping Mansion, Mr. Ye did not know whether he was alive or dead. As soon as he said these words, the guards at Ludu were in a panic, and the Xia troops guarding the ferry looked at each other with suspicion and fear. How dare you mess with my army?Master Wang Song roared fiercely, but his heart was already shaken. The man took a few steps forward, knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried: I dare not lie, the Song army is powerful, my general was shot to death by the Song people, so the younger ones had to run back to Xingqing Mansion.Please forgive me, if we don't let us cross the river, the Song people will come after us please forgive me please forgive me please Suddenly, the defeated army outside the village was crying and begging. Master Wang Song listened carefully to these people's words, and looked at their demeanor, it didn't seem like they were fake.He secretly groaned in his heart, since the Xiping mansion was lost, the little Lu Du could not hold it no matter what, the only way out now was to bring these people across the river to report the news, and then burn the ferry boat that could not be taken away. Lose. He was thinking about it in his mind, when he suddenly saw someone in the defeated army jump up and shouted loudly: They are Song Before he could finish speaking, he was hacked to the ground by a person around him.Those defeated soldiers who were still crying on the ground just now jumped up, roared loudly, and rushed towards the gate of the village.These people were very close to the gate of the village. When the Xia soldiers guarding the village were panicking, suddenly, before they could shoot arrows, these people had already chopped down two logs at the gate of the village.Hundreds of people shouted in unison and rushed into the camp.These Song soldiers, disguised as defeated soldiers, slashed and killed while shouting: Ye Tongma is dead, surrender quickly!Ye Tongma is dead, surrender quickly! Xia Bing, who was guarding the ferry, was distracted and had no intention of resisting at all, and ran towards the ferry in a swarm. It fell through.At this time, Wang Songshi had no choice but to follow his subordinates and retreat to the ferry desperately. Before arriving at the ferry, Master Wang Song raised his eyes and could not help crying secretly.It turned out that Xia Bing, who was guarding the ferry, was loyal to his duty. Seeing the chaos ahead, they started to set fire to the boat, and a raging fire was ignited at the ferry. Why!Master Wang Song sighed, threw the weapon to the ground, and was ready to surrender.He knew that as long as a fire was ignited at any of the river crossings, the defenders at all the crossings on the south bank of the Yellow River would burn the crossings and retreat to the other side. He had no chance of escaping. Three miles southwest of Ludu, thousands of cavalry from the Song army rushed towards the ferry.Seeing the soaring flames that suddenly appeared on the river bank, Zhong Er, who was personally leading the army, suddenly reined in the galloping horse, slammed the whip on the ground, spat, and cursed: "You son of a bitch!" In mid-September of the sixth year of Da'an. Xingqing Mansion.late at night.The new wind is like a knife. Bingchang and Mingkong sat opposite each other in the small room, reciting Buddhist scriptures in a low voice.The corners of Bingchang's eyes looked outside restlessly from time to time, but he didn't dare to say anything more.The guards outside the house were all Liang Yibu's cronies. After returning to Xingqing Mansion, he was guarded even tighter. The sky over Xingqing Mansion can be said to be covered with dark clouds.Lingzhou fell in a very short period of time, which dealt a heavy psychological blow to the Xixia monarchs and ministers. Before they even had time to send reinforcements to deal with Ye Tongma; misfortunes never come singly. The natural danger of the Yellow River, which was barely defended by soldiers attacking Shengwei City, was not so reliable. A catastrophe is imminent, but Liang Yibu, the prime minister of the country, is panicked and helpless.The civil servants and generals of Xixia were also completely split into several factions.The faction headed by Wei Mingrong advocated abandoning Xingqing Mansion immediately, and went west to Helan Mountain to avoid the advance of the Song army, in order to try again; Nobles who have lost their life of rich clothes and fine food will never be able to return to that kind of hard life.They have their own scheming plans, and some of them advocate begging for peace from the Song Dynasty at any cost in order to live on their last days under the banner of trying their best. Survival.The three opinions disputed each other, quarreled openly and even fought in public, Liang Yibu and his son hesitated.In the face of this huge disagreement, even the Empress Dowager Liang couldn't act arbitrarily.Bingchang, who was still under confinement, couldn't do anything about it. However, Song Jun did not leave much time for the Xixia people to hesitate. On September 8th, Zhe Kexing gave up all his supplies, marched lightly, and joined forces with Wu Anguo.Three days later, the Song army set up suspicious troops in Shengwei City to confuse the Xia army on the other side. The main force quietly went northward around Luotuogang, crossed the Yellow River by surprise on a simple raft pontoon bridge, and then turned around and went straight to Dingzhou.The Dingzhou garrison thought that the gods had fallen from the sky, and they would collapse at the first touch.Zhe Kexing chased him all the way to the city of Xingqingfu, but Liang Yibu's army was defeated in the battle, so he had to retreat to the city and guard.Zhe Kexing didn't attack the city, he just laid thousands of wooden stakes outside the city, surrounded Xingqingfu city three times with ropes tied with bells and war dogs, and stationed himself outside the city to monitor Xia's army.Although the Xia army in the city went out of the city to invite battles many times, they couldn't get any bargains, and were actually trapped by several long ropes and couldn't move. Seeing that he is about to become the king of subjugation, Bingchang is really unwilling, but the only thing he can do at this time is to pray to Buddha. How is Wuzu?The familiar old woman's voice came from outside, followed by the clang of guards kneeling down and the sound of paying homage in a hurry.Then, the door curtain was lifted, and Empress Dowager Liang walked into the small room lightly, and sat down in the north direction.Although Bingchang didn't open his eyes, he could hear that there was someone behind the Empress Dowager Liang. The sound of footsteps was so familiar to Wei Mingrong, Bingchang screamed in his heart.For this person, he gritted his teeth with hatred, if it wasn't for Wei Mingrong, he would have regained all his powers already, and he would also be a hero like Yelu Jun, and Xia Kingdom would not have suffered today's disaster. Ming Kong who was sitting opposite him had already got up and paid homage to Empress Dowager Liang Heshi, but Bingchang still closed his eyes, reciting Buddhist scriptures to himself. Empress Dowager Liang glanced at the Buddha on the altar, then at Bingchang, and said coldly: "The Buddha is in charge of the affairs behind him. What's the use of asking the Buddha for the affairs of the past?" Bingchang stopped chanting, slowly opened his eyes, and without looking at Queen Mother Liang, he just said indifferently: Is there anyone in the Xingqing mansion who still has a past? Empress Dowager Liang glanced at Bingchang, and said angrily: What kind of hero was Taizu Shenwu Emperor back then?I don't want my descendants to be unworthy so far! Bingchang turned his head slowly, looked at Empress Dowager Liang with an unpredictable smile, could it be that Empress Dowager dared to compare herself to Emperor Taizu?He shook his head, the queen mother couldn't even part with a mere Xingqing Mansion!No, what the empress really can't let go of is the fate of the Liang family.Once west of Helan, the leaders of the tribes will truly control the power. The resentment of the tribal leaders towards the Prime Minister, and the resentment of ordinary soldiers and people towards the Liang family, as long as they leave the Xingqing Mansion, no one can stop them of.At that time, the only one who can continue to pledge allegiance to the tribes is the blood of Emperor Taizu Shenwu!Except for the prestige and kindness established for two hundred years, the queen mother will have nothing to rely on Empress Dowager Liang watched Bingchang quietly, silent.After a while, he suddenly laughed and said: Wu Zu has really improved. Wu died?How dare I call Wuzu? !Bing Chang smiled bitterly.The queen mother came here late at night, there must be something wrong, right? Empress Dowager Liang nodded with a smile, and said: It seems that you have made a lot of progress, and I can rest assured that you will return to the government. Reset pro-government?There was a buzzing sound in Bingchang's mind. This was something he had been thinking about day and night. When he suddenly said it from the Queen Mother Liang, Bingchang felt his throat dry. He glanced at Mingkong in disbelief, but saw the latter Always lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head, silently, like a clay sculpture of a Bodhisattva.But Bingchang couldn't help but think of Ming Kong's admonition to His Majesty to hold back.He settled down and didn't answer.This kind of resumption of pro-government that leans on the nose of others is not worthy of excessive joy.After the ugly coup, Bingchang has a deeper understanding of power.He is eager to regain power, but he also has a deeper understanding of what kind of power is real power! Bing's usual reaction surprised Empress Dowager Liang again, and she began to re-examine her son.She noticed every slight reaction of his, from surprise with a hint of joy, to calmness and indifference, and it was only a short moment in between.And the glance he cast towards Ming Kong gave Empress Dowager Liang a hint of vigilance. If it had been earlier, she would definitely have kept Ming Kong away from Bingchang's side because of this suspicion.This monk has great influence in the Xixia Kingdom. If he is loyal to Bingchang, Bingchang can use him to connect with many civil servants and generals who are loyal to the Xixia royal family.This kind of threat is really too great. Although the guards and palace people in charge of monitoring Bingchang did not report any such reports, the Empress Dowager Liang, who has experienced the bloody political struggles of the Western Xia royal family, prefers to trust her intuition when it comes to this kind of thing .However, even so, the Empress Dowager Liang could only endure it for the time being. At this sensitive moment, Hugh said that she still wanted to use her son. That's almost a hair-trigger contradiction. Conflicts must be eased and all parties must be appeased.Although the Song Army's advance temporarily eased the internal conflicts in Xingqing Mansion, Empress Dowager Liang could already feel the turbulent magma under her feet. Regardless of whether it is Annei or Yuwai, the usual restoration of the pro-government has a huge effect. Of course, this is conditional.The usual restoration of pro-government must be to ease the contradictions, not to further intensify the contradictions.She had to come to a certain compromise with her son.There is no need to talk too much, but the necessary tacit understanding must be there.Everything must ultimately be in her hands. In the face of a great enemy, if the people of the country cannot fight against the enemy with one heart and one mind, the society may be overthrown. You must understand these principles.Empress Dowager Liang stared at Bingchang, as long as you can overcome this difficulty, you are a real soldier! The real Wuzu? !Bingchang sneered inwardly.What is a real Wuzu?Only those who hold the military power in their hands, who can decide life and death, and judge people's fortunes and misfortunes, are the real soldiers!The pot is strong, the horse is strong, and those who can compete in all directions are the real soldiers! Everything has to be contained. Bing usually pursed his lips. Empress Dowager Liang waited quietly for Bingchang's reply. Suddenly there was a rustling sound outside the house, as if someone was pouring sand from the sky to the ground. Empress Dowager Liang got up abruptly and strode outside.Even Wei Mingrong's footsteps were a little more hurried.Bingchang and Mingkong looked at each other, they were both happy and surprised, and the same thought flashed through: Is it snowing? ! Haha Empress Dowager Liang's hearty laughter came from outside the house, the sky will never die for my great summer!Heaven never dies, my great summer!Ha ha Overnight, the winter of the sixth year of Da'an came ahead of schedule. The south of the Yangtze River covered in silver makeup is extremely magnificent, but this kind of beauty is something that all soldiers of the Song Army are unwilling to endure. The transfer was difficult, and there was a shortage of at least 20,000 sets of winter clothes. Although preparations had been made, the firewood from the army was not enough. Isn't there a batch of cotton clothes in Lingzhou? !What are you doing? !Zhe Kexing looked at the heavy snow fluttering outside, and cursed angrily.The weather is getting colder, everyone can feel it, and the winter clothes are being shipped in one after another. The heavy snow will not make the weather colder, nor will it make his army unable to fight, but for his supply line, but It is a fatal blow. None of the generals and marching staff dared to speak. Not long ago, they were laughing at Chong Er's troops as slow as tortoises, and they were proud of their ability to reach Xingqing Mansion first.But in an instant, they began to eagerly look forward to the allies in Lingzhou. However, these are unrealistic. Even if the heavy snow and severe cold freeze the Yellow River, and the Song army in Lingzhou comes, so what?Transporting supplies for tens of thousands of troops in heavy snow has always been an almost insoluble problem. But Zhe Kexing was not reconciled. If you retreat today, when will you come back?Wouldn't it be laughed at by the world if he ran for thousands of miles without any size? He hoped that his horseshoe would be the first to step into the gate of Xingqing Mansion. He wanted to see the Queen Mother and King of Xixia dressed in white, holding a seal and ribbon, kneeling down by the roadside to welcome him into the city! This will be a famous military exploit in history! For this victory, he did not hesitate to pay any price! What's more, he has sufficient reasons not to let the Xia people escape from Helan Mountain. Zheshuai, I fear that Lingzhou will not be able to supply our army's needs.Soldiers lack cold clothes, charcoal, horses and no grass, which will be unfavorable to our army for a long time. Murong Qian doesn't understand the mood of resignation at all, as long as the province is under our army's control, we can come to Xingqing mansion if we want Come. But retreating is not easy.Marching on snowy roads, it is inevitable that we will not be taken advantage of by the enemy.Yang Zhiqiu seems to be in a dilemma, and if the western thieves take the opportunity to flee westward, there will be endless troubles. However, if you don't retreat, the western thief will be captured without any effort!Murong Qian was firm.What's more, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, even if the western thieves want to flee westward, there are still some people who can't reach them by manpower. Zhe Kexing kept his face sullen and said nothing. Fold handsome.Wu Anguo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened his mouth, which attracted all eyes, and even Zhe Kexing couldn't help but leaned forward: What is Zhenqing's opinion? A wise man knows what to give up.From Wu Anguo's mouth, only a few short numbers spit out. A wise man knows what to give up?The wise man knew what he had to give up, Zhe Kexing repeated Wu Anguo's words. He looked thoughtfully at the dancing snowflakes outside the tent, and unconsciously pursed his lips. three days later. Song army camp.The folded word handsome flag is flying in the snow, hey!A Xixia general drew out his knife and slashed at the flagpole fiercely, venting his anger. The big flag crashed down and hit the fence, causing white snow to splash everywhere. In the distance, Bingchang watched all this silently, and turned his mount. His Majesty.Wei Mingrong, who was following Bingchang, hesitated to speak. Bingchang glanced at him sideways, now I need an envoy. Weizhou. Ren Duohan carried a stone weighing tens of kilograms from the garden to his study.The remaining snow in the garden melted, and the air was bitterly cold, but Ren Duohan was still sweating profusely.He heard this exercise method from a muke. It is said that it was a method used by a famous general of the Han people in ancient times to sharpen his body and mind.After the war started, Shi Yue almost left Ren Duohan idle. He was bored, so he could implement the law every morning and evening, but it was quite effective. Not only could he strengthen his body, but he could also maintain his peace of mind. But in this evening, Ren Duohan seemed a little absent-minded. Since the sudden heavy snowfall in mid-September, the situation has changed dizzyingly, but almost none of them are what Ren Duohan expected.Outside the Xingqing Mansion, Zhekexing Department, which had briefly besieged the city, left the Wu Anguo Department to guard Shengweikou, in order to control Weishan, a strategic place on the east bank of the Yellow River, and contact Hetao, all the troops withdrew. The Pingxia area spends the winter, and Xixia also relies on this to temporarily preserve it.And in order to alleviate the conflict, the Empress Dowager Liang made concessions, and ordered the Prime Minister Liang Yibu Yi Taishi to retire from office, so that Bingchang would be in charge of the government, and Liang Yibu would be the privy envoy.After Bingchang came to power, he immediately expressed his gratitude to the Song Dynasty and begged to retreat.At the same time, two edicts were issued. One was to order Yuzang Huama to retreat to Qingtongxia, and the other was to send envoys to give Ren Duohan a gold and jade belt, and worship him as the master of Zhongshu and Xiping Mansion to stay behind. The emperor is no longer the emperor of the past.Ren Duohan was quite emotional, if Bingchang had such a means, how could the Great Xia Kingdom be reduced to where it is today? The purpose of ordering Yuzang Huama to retreat is naturally to consolidate his power.He has realized that Yuzang Huama is the only powerful faction he can rely on at present, and Yuzang Huama and his army are naturally as close to the center of power as possible.As for Ren Duohan, Bingchang is trying to win over, test, and alienate at the same time. Ren Duohan is in a dilemma. People in the Song Dynasty didn't care whether Bingchang was really restored or not.Shi Yue used a memorial to the emperor of the Song Dynasty to express his attitude towards Bingchang's return to pro-government.The Song Dynasty sent troops to support justice and ethics. Bingchang should go to Beijing to see the emperor of Song Dynasty to thank him, otherwise the Song Dynasty would not be able to trust the Xia people; and the Song Dynasty spent military expenditures on Bingchang, causing disturbances in the world. If Bingchang is really restored, then he should treat the Song Dynasty Reciprocated. However, Ren Duohan could not question Bingchang's edict. He is still a courtier of Bingchang in name, but he is surrounded by Song people. If he showed his allegiance to Bingchang, then the Song people would want to get rid of him quickly; if he completely fell to the Song Dynasty, he would become the public enemy of all Xixia people.Everything he did before will be regarded as hypocrisy.The tribes would look down on him, despise him, and face insurmountable obstacles to any of his ambitions.From then on, Ren Duohan will no longer be the eagle of the vast sea, but will become the watchdog of the Song people. He could foresee that the downfall of Xixia was inevitable. When Ren Duohan first led Song soldiers into the summer, he actually didn't have such great ambitions.At most, he just wanted to strengthen his tribe and seek his own position in the Song and Xia conflicts.However, the Song Army achieved an almost overwhelming victory so quickly, which was completely beyond his expectations.With the development of the situation, Ren Duohan's mentality gradually changed.On the one hand, he is more certain than anyone else that Xixia will surely perish, and this may create a power vacuum in a certain sense in the old land of Xia. The mighty power of the tribe; but on the other hand, Ren Duohan is also always fearful. Whether the Song Dynasty will tolerate his power to exist after the fall of the Xia Kingdom is unknown.Ren Duohan is by no means naive about this, of course he has no reason to believe in Song people and Shi Yue. Only you are the most reliable. So Ren Duohan has been working secretly, especially trying his best to contact and win over those forces who sympathize with Lord Xia Bingchang.If these forces can be gathered under the banner, then everything will be promising in the future.It is necessary to maintain an image of being loyal to Lord Xia and not hesitating to bear the burden of humiliation in order to help Lord Xia restore.At that time, Li Yuan also used Turkic soldiers to proclaim himself a vassal to Turkic.Bearing the burden of humiliation is forgivable. At this time, if he can openly pledge his allegiance to Bingchang, he will definitely gain a huge reputation, which will become his huge capital in the future hegemony. Ren Duohan has a clear understanding of the situation in the past year, and he believes that Yuzang Huama is definitely not foolishly loyal to Lord Xia.Judging from Yuzang Huama's actions, this person's ambition is no different from his Ren Duohan.He is loyal to Lord Xia, but he wants to use this to establish a reputation among the tribes of Xixia.Therefore, as soon as he received Bingchang's edict, Yuzang Huama immediately led his army to withdraw northward at the risk of confronting the Song army head-on.Yuzang Huama did not escape the humiliation of the defeated army in the end. He led the army to fight Li Xian and Wang Hou in the snow, and finally left thousands of corpses before fleeing into Qingtong Gorge. Ren Duohan was very afraid of Song people. Because the danger he was going to take was far higher than Yuzang Huama.What Yuzang Huama has to face is Li Xian and Wang Hou, and he is Ren Duohan, with Shi Yue behind him, Chong Er and Xuanwu First Army in front, and a Tielin army watching fiercely beside his couch! What kind of wisdom, courage and luck do you need to find your own way out of this? Go and call Ren Duo Bao Zhong.Ren Duohan finally put down the stone slowly, and gave instructions to his followers. The barracks of the Iron Forest Army is in the west of Weizhou City. From the Renduohan Mansion to the Tielin Army Barracks, you will pass through a market.This is the busiest place in Weizhou. The merchants recognized by the Song Dynasty and Ren Duohan all gather here to sell various commodities to people.From the cloth needed for daily life, the cosmetics for women, to the limited edition fine wine, and the fine jade from Khotan, everything is available. Less than a year since the war started, Weizhou City has undergone earth-shaking changes. A year ago, Weizhou was just a Xixia-like city, and the main customers were only a few hundred households.Many local residents, no matter how much they used their imaginations, could not imagine what a city with a population of over 100,000 like in the Song Dynasty would look like.In their view, Weizhou is already an extremely densely populated place. But in less than a year, Weizhou has rapidly prospered.The Song army stationed there, the Song army passing by, and countless Xiang troops and servants transporting supplies.When they go to Lingzhou, or come back from Lingzhou, they will take a short rest in Weizhou. This unprecedented flow of people has attracted hundreds of merchants. One day, when the residents of Weizhou woke up, they suddenly realized that the most populous tribe in Weizhou had become Song people. They watched all this in amazement. The bustling bazaar also attracted local residents and Xixia soldiers. They began to use their own cattle, sheep or trophies to trade with merchants in the Song Dynasty to buy cotton cloth, spices, cosmetic powder and fine wine; For a long time, they couldn't understand why a piece of paper full of colorful pictures could buy so many things? Every time Ren Duo Baozhong passed this market, he would feel in a daze, as if passing through an unreal place.This place is not like Weizhou, but more like Chang'an. This time, for some unknown reason, he bypassed the bazaar. After dismounting, he tied his mount to a jujube tree in front of the Tielin Army barracks, and Ren Duo Baozhong walked straight to the gate of the barracks.The soldiers of the Iron Forest Army were already familiar with Ren Duo Baozhong's face, and before he could say anything more, someone went in to inform him, and after a while, someone came out and led him to sit in a side room. Before Ren Duobaozhong could sit still, he heard heavy footsteps coming from far and near. He hurriedly got up to meet him, and after a while, he saw a General Song striding in.Ren Duo Baozhong recognized Yao Xi, the Deputy Commander of the Tielin Army, hurried forward a few steps, and greeted him with fists cupped. Will General Yao be safe?Among the generals of Tielin Army, most of them have good personal relationship with Ren Duo Baozhong, only Yao Xi is strict and has prejudice against Xixia people, so he is not easy to get along with, Ren Duo Baozhong didn't expect that Yao Xi would come to meet him. Please bear in mind.Yao Xi clasped his fists and bowed back, saying: I don't know if the general is here, what can I teach you? Such a straightforward style made Ren Duo Baozhong a little embarrassed. In front of this kind of person, all the skills in dealing with others seemed useless.Wasting time will only lead to further dislike from the other party.Thinking of the hospitality he received when he came to Tielin Army before, Ren Duo Baozhong couldn't help but feel a little strange, why did he let Yao Xi come to see him?This is by no means a welcome.Although Yao Si's status is very high in the Tielin Army. Ren Duo Baozhong suppressed the doubts in his heart, and said with a smile: Tomorrow night, our Commander Ren Duo will hold a banquet in the mansion, and he is specially ordered to come down to invite General Zhou, General Yao, and other generals of the Tielin Army to have a talk at the mansion.Please also give me a thin noodle, please come.On the one hand, he took out an invitation card from his sleeve and offered it with both hands. Yao Si took the invitation and didn't say whether to go or not, but asked: Why did Commander Ren Duo host a banquet suddenly? Ren Duobaozhong said with a smile: "It's not worth mentioning. It's just the youngest son of the commander, Guan. He didn't dare to work for General Zhou and General Yao. It just so happened that someone gave the commander a big worm not long ago. The commander never thought about it." Hold a tiger banquet, serve wine with tiger meat, and dance with swords.The commander has always respected General Zhou and General Yao, and considered them famous generals in the world.The tiger, the hero of beasts, is not a hero.If there are no two generals for a tiger banquet, wouldn't it be laughed at by the heroes of the world?Therefore, it is my special order that you must invite all the generals to come. Yao Si looked at Ren Duo Baozhong meaningfully, and replied: I have to pay Ren Duo back to the commander, and I will definitely bother you then.I will not say any more nonsense. Thank you General Yao.Ren Duo Baozhong quickly thanked Yao Xi, but he also felt that he had nothing to say when facing Yao Xi, so he left immediately. Tiger feast?In the conference hall of the military headquarters of the Tielin Army, Zhou Qixian, the commander of the military capital, pondered for a long time before he said in a questioning tone: I'm afraid I can't attend together with Wu Zhi.Among the commanders of all the armies in the Song Dynasty, although Zhou Qixian was born in martial arts, he can be said to be a mediocre generation. He can occupy this high position only because he is old enough and he is the cousin-in-law of the servant Wang Zhongzheng.But Zhou Qixian has an advantage, for his deputy Yao Xi, Zhou Qixian can be said to be obedient.All matters in the military should be consulted first and then acted upon. Yao Si was silent for a while when he heard the words, then suddenly said: Your Excellency is right.Lord Xia issued a false edict to Ren Duo, but Ren Duo has not given any reply so far. It is the time when the enemy and us are not clear, so how can we put our hearts on it?In case of a treacherous trick, I will be ashamed of the Holy Majesty even if it is a small matter of life and death. Zhou Qixian nodded again and again, saying: A certain person thinks so too. But Yao Xi said again: "Ren Ren is usually treacherous and cunning, so he suddenly invites you to a banquet, he must be suspicious and fearful."If we show our precautions like this, it will increase their suspicion and force them to react quickly, and I am afraid that it will spoil the important affairs of the court. After Zhou Qixian heard it, he also thought it made sense, so he hesitated, looked at Yao Si, and asked: "What do you think is the right way for such a martial artist?" Yao Xi stroked his sword and said with a smile: Don't worry, my lord, just go to the banquet at that time.Since his Renduo invitation invited generals above the commander of the Tielin Barracks, we all went to the banquet.I would like to see what kind of tricks Ren Duohan can play? ! Where is Shi Shuai's secret envoy?Shi Shuai arrived in Weizhou the day after tomorrow Just in time to prepare a meeting gift for the adults. Ren Duohan's sharp eyes kept staring at Mu Ze's eyes, as if he wanted to penetrate his eyes and find out all the hidden thoughts in his heart. You mean that Shi Yue is secretly coming to Weizhou?Ren Duohan's voice was like ice. yes.Mu Ze's answer was extremely brief. How do you know something that I don't even know? The trail that Shi Yue walked.Mu Ze replied calmly, as long as he walks on Huanqing Road, it is impossible to hide the truth from the border tribes. Nonsense!Ren Duohan scolded angrily, he is a mighty Shaanxi pacifier, why did he take the path? Mu Ze silently looked back at Ren Duohan.This is something he doesn't need to explain. After a long silence, Ren Duohan slowed down his tone slightly, but the question was still sharp, Shi Yue treated you well, why did you come to tell me? It's just a trick.A sneer appeared on the corner of Mu Ze's mouth.Since ancient times, the cunning rabbit died and the running dog cooked.He can't even tolerate the commander, so can he really tolerate me in the future? How do you know he can't tolerate me?Ren Duohan sneered. Mu Ze just looked at Ren Duohan with sarcasm, and didn't say much.Shi Yue came to Weizhou, so he had nothing to hide.Since he deliberately concealed it, it is also obvious who the target is. However, there are still doubts. If he wanted to get rid of me, why would Shi Yue take the risk himself? But this is obviously not a question that Mu Ze needs to answer.Who knows why Shi Yue is?Maybe it's just because you have the chance to win, so you want to play an exciting game.Maybe Shi Yue didn't intend to target Ren Duohan at all. 問題是，若不是針對仁多瀚，又是為了誰？ 猜忌、恐懼，不信任的感覺與不安全的感覺，似毒蛇一樣抓住了仁多瀚的心。 細作曾經發現宣武第一軍有幾個指揮的人馬，正以休整的名義撤回，他們中途肯定要在韋州歇腳。 難道石越真的這麼急不可耐？ 但憑心而論，夏主的詔書頒佈之後，他的沉默的確也不會讓宋人感到高興。 也許，石越是想逼他表態。 仁多瀚的瞳孔猛地縮小，也許，這只是一個陷阱，引誘自己因為疑忌而先出手，然後，宋人就有藉口名正言順地鏟除自己。但是，這重要麼？如果石越已經開始給自己布設陷阱了，那麼，無論他跳與不跳，都無關緊要。那只一個時間問題。 無論如何，他都是一定要選慣的！ 就算易地而處，他仁多瀚是石越，也不會給自己自由選慣的權力！ 只不過，石越動手也太快了一點。看來，石越是認定大局已定了。 那麼，不管那是不是一個陷阱 仁多瀚感覺到一陣沒來由的煩躁。事情總是出乎自己的預料之外，自己走的每一步都被人打亂，這自然不會讓人心情愉悅。 雖然決定舉辦虎宴，大邀鐵林軍諸將，但仁多瀚其實並沒有真正下定決心。這更近於一種試探。他想看看宋人對自己的防範到了何種程度，然後再決定自己下一步怎麼走。仁多瀚並沒有寄希望於鐵林軍諸將會傾巢而出，參加自己的宴會天下哪有這麼美的事情？ 但慕澤的報告，卻打亂了他的步伐。 對於石越，仁多瀚心中實有深深的忌憚。 無論這個消息是真是假，其含義都是相同的石越出招了。也就是說，他仁多瀚已經不可能從容不迫的按著自己的步伐走了。 要麼，繼續忍耐，等待更好的時機，或者，是等待石越一步一步地將他徹底架空。如果那樣的話，他仁多瀚最好的結果，是在汴京過一個富家貴族的生活。而他的族人，可能被分而治之，慢慢地變成宋人。 要麼，搶在石越動手之前 大丈夫生不能五鼎食，死則當五鼎烹！ 仁多瀚豈能做富家翁，死於兒女子之手？ 那些蕃人見著石越時，是在哪一天，在何處見著？仁多瀚不自覺地放低了聲音。 以末將估計，石越最早也要四天後方能至韋州。說完，慕澤又補了一句，護送石越的，可能是何畏之。 有時候，仁多瀚甚至有點嫉妒慕澤的聰明。 時間很充裕。仁多瀚在心裡估算了一下，周齊賢不過是個飯桶，可畏者姚武之一人而已。只須有機會除去姚武之 明晚虎宴之時，慕將軍可攜美酒，入鐵林軍替我犒勞一下眾將士。 敢不從命！慕澤抱拳欠身，清晰地答應著。 當晚，韋州城中，一支雪白的信鴿從某處飛起，轉眼便消失在夜幕當中。 第二天，與往常一樣，韋州城依然熱鬧非凡。馱滿了各色各樣的貨物進入韋州的驢騾絡繹不絕，來來往往的行商，全然不知這裡的暗潮洶湧。人們茶餘飯後，都在興高采烈地談論著仁多統領晚上就要舉行的虎宴。時近黃昏，更有許多人擠在仁多瀚府前的路邊，想要一睹鐵林軍諸將的風采。二姚三种，名震關西。很多人都想知道那個在橫山殺人如麻，令小孩不敢夜啼的姚兕，是長得如何兇神惡煞。 一直到了戌牌時分，眾人才聽到街的盡頭傳來馬蹄之聲。I'm coming!人們交相傳遞著，一個個伸長了脖子，向街的另一頭望去。 一隊身著紅袍，挎弓持槍，騎著清一色黑馬的騎兵，出現在街的盡頭。騎士們顯得馬術嫻熟，在並不寬闊的街頭並綹而行，亦是十分整齊有序。 平素很難見到鐵林軍軍容的人們發出一陣陣驚呼讚嘆之聲。 接連過去三隊同樣的騎兵小隊後，鐵林軍諸將才現出身影。在三百餘名騎兵的護衛之下，十餘名將領簇擁著周、姚二將，朝著仁多瀚府行來。周齊賢與姚兕都穿著當今宋朝天子欽賜的莽袍玉帶，腰間別著寶劍，馬上掛著銀槍雕弓，顯得氣度雍容華貴。 哪個是大姚？哪個是大姚？圍觀的人們交頭接耳，互相詢問。眾人都不敢相信一個令小孩不敢夜啼的惡將，竟會有這般華貴的氣度。 那邊廂仁多保忠早已快步迎上前來，引著周、姚諸將向府中行去。 仁多瀚早已聞報，便站在府門之外迎接。他細細清點了周、姚及隨行諸將，心中真是又驚又喜，鐵林軍諸將竟是傾巢而出！ 周大人，姚大人。仁多瀚拱手揖禮，向著鐵林軍諸軍朗聲道︰得諸位將軍光臨，真是蓬蓽生輝。 周、姚與諸將連忙回禮，周齊賢笑道︰一向少了問候，統領勿怪為幸。聞是小哥及冠，特備些些薄禮，還望笑納。說罷，便有士兵抬上禮物。 仁多瀚連忙遜謝道︰有勞費心，卻是折煞他。一面抬手道︰請府中敘話。 周、姚諸人亦不客氣，大步便往府中走去，隨行的衛士也早已下馬，魚貫而入。到了中門處，待鐵林軍諸將入了中門，便有一個家將走來，攔住後面的衛士，笑道︰請諸君留步，隨在下往外廂吃茶。 一個指揮使裝束的武官唰地一下便把臉沉了下來，喝道︰我等只聽周大人號令，你是何人，敢在這裡聒噪？說罷，不待那人多說，一把將他推開，領著眾人便要闖進去。卻聽內間姚兕轉過身來，喝斥道︰休要無禮，爾等便在外間伺候。 yes!眾衛士聽到命令，即不敢莽撞。便一齊在中門外列隊站好，亦不去休息，倒似反客為主，替仁多瀚的部屬把守起中門來。 仁多瀚收在眼裡，卻也不多說什麼，只向周、姚笑道︰久聞鐵林軍威名，果然有細柳營之古風。說罷，有意無意把目光投向姚兕。 周齊賢笑道︰統領過獎了。不過是些驕兵悍卒，全然不知禮數，見笑了。 姚兕卻只是笑笑，並不說話。 此時府中早已預備齊全，待鐵林軍諸將一到落席，茶果便流水價地送上來。仁多瀚令諸子侄一一拜見周、姚等人，然後便吩咐人將要宰殺的老虎帶入廳中。須臾，便有數名家人，將一隻大蟲連著鐵籠一道抬進廳中。 那老虎雖被關在牢中，卻是野性未馴，睹視廳中眾人，彷彿是想要撲過來，將人撕成碎片一般。 仁多瀚環顧廳中，便見廳中諸人雖多是武人，縱明知那大蟲是被在鐵籠之內，不能脫身，亦不禁色變，有人更是下意識地將手按向劍柄，惟有姚兕面不改色，談笑自若。 仁多瀚本來並不想嗦，只待這大蟲吸引眾人注意，便摔杯為號，藏於大廳內外的衛士便衝入廳中，將鐵林軍諸將一舉生擒。但此時中門既被鐵林軍控制，若不能迅速解決問題，就會橫生他變。他又素聞姚兕驍勇，為萬人敵，事到臨頭，心中竟不禁打起小鼓來。他與姚兕不過數步之遙，兵戈一起，豈能確保萬全？ 他心裡一個念頭一個念頭的翻滾，口裡卻笑道︰久聞姚大人曾徒手殺虎，不料今日卻正好借此物下酒。一面說著，一面伸出手來，便有親隨將弓箭送上。仁多瀚便欲挽弓搭箭射虎，卻見姚兕起身道︰這麼一隻大貓，何用弓箭？ 仁多瀚都不禁愣了一下，不用弓箭？ 姚兕走到仁多瀚案前，笑道︰請統領借弓一用。 仁多瀚將弓遞給姚兕，不知道他打什麼主意。卻見姚兕對幾個家人吩咐道︰打開虎籠！ 那些個家人個個都呆住了，一齊轉過頭望著仁多瀚。仁多瀚這才相信姚兕是要當廳用弓弦殺虎，他心裡冷笑，暗道︰這是你要尋死，卻是天助我也。口裡卻假意勸道︰姚大人，這兒戲不得。 姚兕回視仁多瀚，指著虎籠笑道︰統領不必擔心，正好給諸君助助興。 姚大人真虎威也。仁多瀚擊掌讚道，一面示意家人打開虎籠。頓時，廳中所有賓客都站了起來，人人手按佩劍，連大氣也不敢喘一口。幾個家人小心翼翼地靠近，打開虎籠的門後，慌忙三步並兩步退了下去，生怕自己遭池魚之殃。 那隻大蟲被囚已久，此時突見籠門開啟，卻不忙出來，反在籠中繞了一圈，一雙巨眼掃視眾人，竟不似被囚的籠中之獸，絲毫不減山中之王居高凌下的氣勢。 仁多瀚見那大蟲竟不出來，不由一怔，偷眼向姚兕覷去，見他手撫弓弦，氣定神閒，意態之間從容異常，似乎對這一切都滿懷信心。不知為何，心中竟沒由來的一陣緊張，只覺姚兕的這種姿態，竟似不僅僅是對搏殺大蟲一般。 誰知便在他心思轉動的那一刻，那大蟲忽似騎了風一般，從籠中跳出，兩隻前爪在地上虛按了按，環視眾人，似在尋找相撲對象，眾人見狀，無不凜然，許多賓客手中的佩劍都不由出鞘一半。唯有周齊賢雖是武官出身，但平生竟是從未歷此兇險處境，不自覺的退了一步，手掌緊捏佩劍，目不轉睛看著那大蟲，竟全身沁出冷汗來。 姚兕上前一步，他這麼一動，幾乎便在同一瞬間，那大蟲也已和身向他撲去，姚兕腳步一錯，便閃到了大蟲身後，這大蟲轉身不及，姚兕已閃電般的跨上那大蟲的背，手中弓弦猛然張開，那大蟲虎背一掀，竟沒將他掀落，不由大吼一聲，廳堂之中杯盤頓時簌簌震動。便在此時，姚兕手中的弓弦已閃電般的套上了那大蟲的頸項間，只見他雙手一錯，那大蟲悶哼一聲，竟自軟軟倒地，頸間口中鮮血湧出，在青磚地上，竟匯成一大攤，腥臭之味，撲鼻而來。姚兕這一連串的動作迅捷之至，最後弓弦一拉一絞，這幾百斤的大蟲竟是毫無反抗之力便即斃命。 仁多瀚也沒料到姚兕殺虎竟是這般的快捷俐落，呆了一呆之後，才想起拍掌讚嘆，卻聽廳堂之中早已響起連山價讚嘆之聲，此處眾人大多身為武人，見此勇猛，誰不欽服？ 姚兕緩緩從虎背上下來，向仁多瀚笑了一笑，說道︰獻醜了！仁多瀚見他謙虛，本有心要說些讚嘆的言語，但一念及待會便要與他白刃相見，那所有的話湧到嘴邊，竟一齊梗住說不出來，神情竟顯得有些僵硬。 姚兕仿似當眾搏殺了只大蟲，亦頗意滿，竟像全沒留意到他神情間的異樣，滿面笑容的取下弓來，讚道︰果然是好弓！一面走到仁多瀚親隨身邊，手掌遞出，卻不是歸還弓，而是順手從他箭筒中抽出一隻羽箭，反手一搭，只見寒星一點，卻已是對準了仁多瀚。 廳中諸人兀自在稱讚姚兕的勇猛，卻不料變故陡生，頓時間廳中竟變得鴉雀無聲。 仁多瀚臉色都變了，卻強作鎮定，望著姚兕乾笑道︰姚大人，這這是何故？ 姚兕微微一笑，譏道︰統領何必裝糊塗，這不過是先下手為強。 姚大人何出此言？仁多瀚只覺得背上涼颼颼的，心裡暗暗叫苦，不知道自己何處露出了破綻。 廳中仁多瀚的部將也全都拔出劍來，與鐵林軍諸將對峙著。仁多保忠忙一面止住諸將，一面忙不迭地對姚兕道︰誤會，定是誤會！見姚兕並不搭理，又將轉向周齊賢，道︰周大人明察，定是有誤會。 Misunderstand? !姚兕哼了一聲，卻向著一個副都指揮使丟了個眼色。那人便即揮劍砍向身後的帷幕，數丈高的帷幄落在地上，卻現出數十名藏身其後全副武裝的衛士。 仁多統領？ !周齊賢的臉沉了下來。 參與宴會的仁多瀚部將，也有許多是全不知情者，見到此情此景，都不禁面面相覷。 雙方既然已將臉面撕破，仁多瀚反倒冷靜下來。雖然他知道自己只要稍動一動，便定會死在姚兕箭下；但此時卻畢竟是己方佔據優勢，自己雖活不了，鐵林軍諸將也不可能活著出府。手中既然有籌碼，仁多瀚就並不著急。只要誑得姚兕與自己交易，便是讓他們逃出府去，他也依然勝券在握。慕澤與仁多瀚的幾個心腹部將，已經率主力去往鐵林軍營地。那邊宋軍群龍無首，不難對付。姚兕再如何勇猛，沒有軍隊，也不過是一匹夫而已。 想清了這層，仁多瀚便恢復了一貫的從容之態，他竟不去理會周齊賢，只對姚兕說道︰姚大人，非是我敢不利於諸位將軍，實是君命難為。兩國交兵，各為其主 他話未說完，便聽到外面傳來喧囂之聲，隱隱竟能聽到兵器碰撞與發弓射箭之聲；緊接著，一個家將跌跌撞撞地闖進廳中，口裡還一個勁地喊著︰統領，不好了，不好了進到廳來，見到面前景象，一時張口結舌，半晌說不出話來。 仁多瀚怒目相視，喝道︰大驚小怪什麼？ ! 那人回過神來，指著外面，結結巴巴地回道︰宋軍打進來了，已經攻進中門。他話音剛落，便聽到一陣鏗鏘之聲，只見先前佔握中門的那個鐵林軍指揮率著一群人大步闖進廳中，迅速地將整個大廳包圍起來。仁多瀚見這群人中，有身著鐵林軍軍袍的戰士，也有打扮成平民百姓的士兵，廳中至少就湧進來兩三百人，外面還有人源源不斷地向府中各處湧入，頓時什麼都明白過來︰宋人這次，定是早有預謀。他長嘆一聲，只覺萬念俱灰。 卻聽鐵林軍諸將，有一個不起眼的武官突然對周、姚二人說道︰周大人、姚大人，請下令諸軍，毋要傷害仁多統領家眷。 周齊賢聞言竟不是敢殆慢，立即傳令︰諸軍休得傷害仁多統領家眷。 仁多瀚心裡瞬時閃過一個念頭︰又是石越！ 果然，便見那人笑吟吟走過來，對仁多瀚說道︰統領休疑，下官乃是石帥派來的秘使。只須統領下令眾人放下武器，下官擔保所有人平安。石帥早有鈞令，嚴令不得加害統領家眷。 That's all!剛了！仁多瀚已知道自己這次是輸得一敗塗地，此時也只得任人宰割。 與此同時，韋州城門。 慕澤冷冷地命令著部下︰將屍首抬走，把血跡清掃乾淨了，休讓這些東西驚擾到石帥。說罷，瞥了一眼馬上的兩顆首級那兩樣東西原來屬於仁多瀚的心腹部將順手便取了下來，扔在地上，把這兩個東西也埋了。 吩咐完畢，慕澤便不再去理會忙碌的部下們，轉身對身旁的一個沿邊熟蕃打扮的男子問道︰李兄，你要不要出城去迎接石帥？對於身邊的這個人，慕澤可是絲毫不敢怠慢。這個被他稱為李兄的男子，乃是石越的親信衛士陪戎校尉李十五。他曾經執行石越收夷之精壯以制夷的策略，前往屈吳山，招募各部族精銳之士數百人，號稱隴西蕃兵，在屈吳山一帶剿平不肯臣服宋朝的蕃部無數，立下赫赫戰功。此次便是由他率領這些隴西蕃兵潛入韋州，協助慕澤完成了任務。 李十五卻只淡然一笑，道︰石帥鈞令無此，我等只須守好這韋州城便是。 慕澤討了個沒趣，他自知行事常為人所不恥，竟是見怪不怪，也不生氣，只笑道︰如此，便煩勞李兄守城門，在下要去知會周、姚二位大人，出動鐵林軍控制各緊要處，以防萬一。 他話音未落，便聽到城外傳來馬蹄之聲，遠遠望見千餘騎向著韋州滾滾而來。 石帥來了！慕澤與李十五心中，竟是同時鬆了一口氣。 （熙寧十三年）閏九月庚寅朔。仁多瀚舉族內附。以仁多瀚雲麾將軍、韋國公，以仁多保忠守義侯、知韋州軍州事，以賈巖通判韋州。分仁多族為三部，以仁多瀚二子及仁多保忠各領一部。 王安石改封荊國公。進封岐王顥為雍王，嘉王頵為曹王 陝西路安撫使石越至韋州。進封石越為華亭縣公。 冬十月己未朔。 仁多瀚至汴京，上賜宴集英殿。石越至靈州。夏遣使求和。越請誅梁乙埋父子，令夏主入朝，以黃河為界，償軍費四百萬緡 歸來州乞弟反 《續資治通鑒》 閏九月，周齊賢、姚兕奉石越密諭平仁多瀚之亂。越以仁多瀚素有威名，兼不能盡誅仁多族，特優容之，許仁多瀚舉族內附，分其部為三部，以仁多保忠及仁多瀚二子領之，各置校尉按撫。 十月，遂發韋州兵赴靈州，仁多保忠亦在軍中。時河南大定，夏梁太后懼，遣使乞緩兵。越請誅梁氏父子、夏主入朝、兩國以河為界，並償軍費四百萬緡。石越之意竟不欲和也。梁后憤懣，斬使者，以其辱命也；拜太廟，言寧玉碎，不瓦全。遂用嵬名榮之謀，遣使入遼，割河套、河南之地。遼主以宋強、且大同未下，不敢受，乃召宋使，勸和之。時耶寅入越幕府，亦諫越存夏國以為西藩。越不納。然以嚴冬轉運艱難，乃留种諤、劉昌祚各率本部守靈州，令李憲、王厚退守蘭、會，种詁、折克行守平夏，餘部悉還陝西。 未幾，歸來州乞弟反 《熙寧以來朝野雜記》 Why!石越將樞密院發來的文書丟到公案上，長嘆一聲，半晌無語。 這一天是熙寧十三年的冬至，宋人三大節之一。每年到了這一日，宋人無論貧富，都要更易新衣，祭祀祖先，彼此饋送禮物。所以，儘管從早上起就下起了大雪，但長安街頭，來來往往的車馬行人，卻依然是絡繹不絕。家長也任由小孩子們穿著新衣，在街坊間堆起雪人，呼喊追逐打鬧，絕不制止。如若不是街上到處都是身著軍袍便服的禁軍將士，善忘的人們幾乎已經記不起戰爭還沒有結束。 但石越與他的僚佐們，卻無法享受這一切。 就在這一天，石越接到樞密院的通報︰歸來州乞弟反！ 呂惠卿！呂惠卿！石越幾乎是咬牙切齒地念著這個名字，此時廳中只有潘照臨與侍劍在，他可以暫時放縱一下自己的情緒。 潘照臨端起茶，送到嘴邊，旋即似想起什麼，又放下來，道︰我記得何畏之是歸來州人 石越擺擺手，苦笑道︰乞弟不值一提。 That?潘照臨不禁怔住了。 石越從厚厚一疊文書中檢出一份來，遞給潘照臨。 潘照臨接過來打開，原來是一份與樞府文書一道發來的邸報，他只略略掃過，臉色立時變了。 this 乞弟在京師以眥睚殺人，潛回歸來州，抗拒官兵追逋，進而叛逆，這根本不過是小事一樁。