Zhao Ji rode in the lead, leaving Liu Yanqing and a group of royal city officials and cavalry dozens of paces behind.

He rode to the rear of the large group led by Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi.

Zhao Ji heard that the group of Song troops who were marching with Brother Richard were yelling in unison at the Xixia defenders on the east city of Xiping Prefecture.

"Xia dogs guarding the city, you see, there are only a few hundred of us escorting Brother Richard and parading under your city. Are you so cowardly as a mouse that you dare not go out of the city to take Brother Richard back?"

"Xia dogs, if you open the city now and surrender to our Song army, I will protect you from death. If not, the day the city is destroyed will be your death day..."

At this time, Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi were surprised to find that Zhao Guanjia appeared behind them on a war horse.

They ordered their men to continue yelling and provoking the enemy defenders on the east city.

Generals Yue and Liu turned their horses around and rode up to Zhao Ji. They both clasped their fists on their horses and saluted:

"Wei Chenfei, pay homage to the official family."

"The humble minister Guangshi, pays homage to the official family..."

Zhao Ji smiled and said: "My dear friends, no courtesy."

At this time, Liu Yanqing and the imperial cavalry officers also drove their horses to pursue them and protected Zhao Guan's family.

Zhao Ji asked Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi how the enemy's reaction was when they escorted King Richard of the Jin Dynasty of Xixia and paraded outside the enemy's city.

Yue Fei replied: "It is reported to the officials that just as the officials expected, the guards stationed in the cities of Xiping Prefecture saw Brother Richard, who was escorting them by me, parading in public. They were extremely shocked and shocked.

Angry... However, Xia Jun is still stuck in Xiping Mansion, but he does not dare to go out of the city to fight easily..."

Zhao Ji nodded and reminded: "Pengju, Uncle Ping, and your two dear friends, lead the troops to escort brother Richard to parade outside the enemy city. Remember to pay attention to safety! Be careful to prevent the enemy from shooting from the city.

The arrows are coming down!"

"Chen Fei, please remember to thank the Lord for your kindness..."

"Chen Guangshi, please remember to thank the Lord for your kindness."

When Liu Guangshi saw his father, Liu Yanqing, accompanying his imperial chariot, he came to Zhao Guan's house. He was particularly excited and wanted to show off more in front of the officials and his father. Therefore, he started talking eloquently:

"Don't worry, officials. The humble ministers Guangshi and Pengju led their troops to escort Brother Richard and paraded outside the enemy city to show the public. They all acted in accordance with the official decree. They were more than 200 steps away from the enemy city and never came close."

"Although there are arrows shot down from the enemy's city, due to the long distance, the enemy's arrows are all weak when they reach us, and cannot reach Lu Zhen! How can they still hit us?"

Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction.

"The three hundred party generals under Wei Chen Guangshi's tent who had surrendered long ago had very loud voices. The three hundred of them shouted to the Xia army on the city together, and their voices spread far. This could spread the people on the city.

The summer dogs were so angry that they were stamping their feet and scratching their cheeks..."

Zhao Ji asked: "Among the enemy's defenders in Xijing City, are there any who came out of the city to fight?"

Liu Guangshi was so proud that he did not forget to flatter Zhao Guan's family and said:

"Weak minister Guangshi, return to report to the official's house. We are escorting Brother Richard to the parade. The summer dogs are all going crazy with anger. Although they should also want to go out and snatch Brother Richard back to humiliate him, but how dare they? So far,

No one dares to go out of the city to fight..."

"The summer dogs in the enemy city of Xijing must be afraid of the imperial power of the Emperor of Song Dynasty, whom you personally conquered!"

Zhao Ji smiled slightly and waved his hand to interrupt Liu Guangshi who was flattering him.

"The enemies of Xia dare not come out of the city to fight, not because of my power, but because of the 150,000 elite officers and soldiers of our Song Dynasty gathered here!"

Yue Fei, who heard what the officials said, nodded in admiration and conviction.

At this time, Zhao Ji was behind the Song army group that was escorting Brother Richard to the public. He was more than 400 steps away from the enemy city. In this era of cold weapons, the distance between Zhao Guan's house and the enemy city was relatively small.

It's very safe.

While Zhao Ji was listening to Liu Guangshi's Song troops in front of him yelling curses and provocative words at the enemy defenders on the city, Zhao Ji looked up at the majestic east city tower of Xiping Mansion.

I saw the Xixia soldiers on the city, and there were many people moving around, as if more troops had been added. They gathered around a man to watch the general, and climbed up to the watchtower on the city.

The general of the Xia army was pointing at the scolding Song army below the city, as if he was planning something for the generals around him...

Because the distance was too far, Zhao Ji couldn't see clearly the appearance of the enemy general on the east wall.

However, this is not a problem. Zhao Ji calmly stretched out his hand and said to the imperial attendant beside him:

"Bring me my telescope!"

"According to the order." The attendant immediately took out the monocular telescope from his backpack and carefully handed it to Zhao Guan's family.

He knew that the lenses used in this telescope were extremely precious and made of "glazed glass".

He had seen a few glass wine glasses and wine cups in the palace before. It was said that they were imported to the Central Plains from a very distant country in the west.

However, the telescope he handed to Zhao Guan's family used lenses that Zhao Guan's family had personally instructed the craftsmen to refine in the same way copper and iron were smelted using so-called silica and other common materials when they were in the capital.

This newly refined treasure is countless times clearer and more transparent than colored glaze.

Butler Zhao named this new treasure with transparency and clarity glass.

At that time, what surprised all the craftsmen involved in smelting glass was that the Zhao Guan family did not use this kind of glass, which was better than colored glaze, to make royal dining utensils.

Zhao Guanjia personally taught the craftsmen to make molds for convex lenses and concave lenses, then poured the molten red-hot glass liquid into the molds, then closed the mold lids, and after cooling, convex lenses and concave lenses made of glass could be obtained.

Zhao Guanjia also personally taught the craftsmen how to assemble the convex lens and concave lens in the appropriate position in the bamboo tube, and finally made a monocular telescope...

This imperial city official knew that this telescope embodies the wisdom and hard work of Zhao Guan's family, so he was particularly careful when handing it to Zhao Guan's family.

After Zhao Ji took the telescope from the Imperial City Secretary, he placed it in front of his right eye and looked at the enemy tower.

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The enemy's appearance and clothing, which were originally about five hundred steps away from the enemy's tower and could not be clearly seen due to the distance, were now as clearly visible as if they were very close.

Through the telescope, he saw on the tower of the east city of Xijing, more than ten Xixia generals were surrounding a general, and they were also looking at the Song army below the city.

Zhao Ji looked at the general standing in the middle on the enemy's tower. Judging from his face and two-inch short beard, he should be in his early thirties. He wore a bright silver helmet and a loose and fat four-clawed python robe.

Zhao Ji said to himself: "Could it be that the man wearing a four-clawed python robe on the city is Li Renzhong, the king of Pu in Western Xia Dynasty?"

Liu Guangshi on the side said: "Back to the official's house, because it is too far away, Wei Chen Guangshi can't see clearly! Rong Chen Guangshi urged his horse forward, went to the city, took a closer look, and then returned to the official's house."

Zhao Ji stopped him and said, "Uncle Ping, there is no need to take risks. I have given you this telescope."

He casually threw the monocular to Liu Guangshi.

"Ah?!" Liu Guangshi took the telescope in surprise and immediately said happily:

“Thank you Lord for your grace!”.

Not long ago, when he was following Yue Fei to escort Brother Richard on a parade outside the enemy's West City and South City to provoke and undermine the enemy's morale, he saw Yue Fei carefully taking out this telescope from his arms.

Baby, look at the enemy city like the Zhao Guan family does now...

At that time, Liu Guangshi asked Yue Fei: 'Brother Pengju, what is the cylinder in front of you?'

Yue Fei replied: 'This is a magical telescope developed by the Zhao Guan family when they were in the capital. It can be used to see clearly people and objects dozens of miles away. This telescope was personally given to Di Fei by the Guan family.'

At that time, Liu Guangshi shamelessly begged Yue Fei to lend him his telescope. Liu Guangshi borrowed Yue Fei's telescope and used it once. He said it was magical...

Liu Guangshi, a second-generation general who was never short of rare objects, couldn't put it down for Yue Fei's telescope.

He wanted to spend a huge amount of money to buy the telescope, but Yue Fei took it back on the pretext that "Di Fei dared not give it to Uncle Ping as a gift from the official family"...

Now, after Liu Guangshi received the telescope given to him by the official family, if he were not riding on the back of a war horse, he would definitely be jumping for joy.

Liu Yanqing, who immediately stood behind the Zhao Guan family's horse, was even pleased to see that his beloved son Liu Guangshi was so highly regarded by the Zhao Guan family. He was extremely grateful to the Zhao Guan family and felt guilty.

This guilt is due to the fact that more than half an hour ago, when Zhao Guan's family suddenly inspected Liu Yanqing's troops, they discovered the signs of lax military discipline. At this time, Liu Yanqing secretly swore in his heart that when I returned to the military camp, I would strictly enforce military discipline and train hard.

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Liu Guangshi used the telescope given to him by Zhao Guan's family to look at the East City Tower of Xiping Mansion...

"In response to the official report, the humble minister Guangshi also saw the man wearing a four-clawed python robe on the enemy tower."

"Wei Chen Guangshi, when the Song Dynasty negotiated peace three years ago, was responsible for leading the troops to escort my Song Dynasty peace envoys. At that time, I saw that among the Western Xia peace envoys, there was the King of Pu Li Renzhong!"

"At that time, Li Renzhong had not yet been named King of Pu by the Jin Dynasty. He was just a doctor in the Ministry of Rites of Xixia."

"Wei Chen Guangshi was deeply impressed by him, because although he was a member of the Xixia clan, he used fluent Chinese to talk with our Song envoys when negotiating peace. When writing the peace treaty, he could write in Chinese characters with his own hand.

At once."

"Wei Chen Guangshi, looking at Li Renzhong's Sinological attainments, is not inferior to our peace envoy who was a Jinshi in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Wei Chen Guangshi is extremely impressed by Li Renzhong. Even after three years, Wei Chen Guangshi is still

I can recognize him at a glance."

Zhao Ji nodded and said: "As expected, Xixia was founded by Dangxiang people, but they plagiarized the official system and official uniform style of our Han Dynasty in the Song Dynasty. Who would dare to wear the four robes if they were not crowned kings?

Where’s the clawed python robe?”

All the soldiers nodded and agreed with Zhao Guanjia's words.

"Before, I heard the confessions of the enemy prisoners captured by Han Liangchen's troops. Now the King of Pu, Li Renzhong, is in Xijing City, Xixia. The man in the python robe on the east wall of the enemy's east wall must be Li Renzhong. Now, there is Uncle Ping.

Your words just confirm my guess."

"The official sage..."

Liu Yanqing, who was behind Zhao Guan's family, secretly admired the performance of his beloved son Liu Guangshi.

"As a report to the official family, the humble minister Yanqing heard that last year, Li Renzhong was granted the title of King of Pu by the current Emperor of Xia, Li Qianshun."

"Well!" Zhao Ji nodded and said, "I already know this."

Everyone around Zhao Guanjia admires Zhao Guanjia's "knowing yourself and the enemy".

"During the battle between the two armies, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu in Western Xia, came to inspect the city. I wonder why he wore such a conspicuous four-clawed python robe?" Liu Yanying muttered in a low voice:

"Hehe... Isn't he willing to be my Song Army's target?"

Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said: "I guess he must have thought that our army could not break through the Xijing City of Xia Kingdom that he was guarding for a while!"

"And I sent two generals, Yue and Liu, to parade the captive Brother Richard down their city to show the public. This greatly reduced the morale of the Xia army guarding the city and shook their morale."

"Li Renzhong wore the four-clawed python robe given to him by Emperor Xia Li Qianshun and came to patrol the city in order to boost morale and stabilize the morale of the army."

All the surrounding generals praised him: "The officials know things like a god, and I admire them greatly..."
To be continued...