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Listening to the lively firecrackers outside, Zhao Yan was thinking about Cao Ying and the others who were far away in Tokyo, as well as his two lovely daughters. I don’t know if they thought of their father. When they thought of their family, Zhao Yan wanted to be able to fly home with wings so as not to suffer the pain of longing for her here.

Zhao Yan spent this year with Zhao Xu, but Zhao Xu was busy with his business and had to take time to accompany him, the girl Hua Zhi, so after the New Year's Eve dinner, he ran away immediately. This made Zhao Yan complain again and said he was unhuman. Finally, he had no choice but to run to find Huang Wude, who was also alone, and called Niu Lie and other guards, and then played playing cards all night.

Although Xingqing Prefecture had just experienced a war, both the Dangxiang people and the Han people in the city were used to celebrating the Spring Festival, so it was still very lively on New Year's Eve. In addition, Zhao Yan heard that during the Spring Festival, the city of Xingqing Prefecture would also hold lantern festivals, and the scale was not small. Of course, it could not be compared with the lantern festivals in Kaifeng City, but it is said that it has unique characteristics.

Could it be that it was the first time that the Song Dynasty destroyed the Western Xia, and it was even more commemorative. Therefore, Zhao Yan wanted to see the lantern festival in Xingqing Mansion before leaving. However, what he did not expect was that the envoys of Yelu Chongyuan's sect immediately passed the news back after signing the alliance. As a result, on the tenth day of the lunar month, Yelu Chongyuan's army had already escorted Li Liangzuo outside the city of Xingqing Mansion, and even Yelu Chongyuan himself came.

When Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu were on the Liao Kingdom, they had met Yelu Chongyuan more than once, so both sides were considered old acquaintances. In order to make Yelu Chongyuan safe, Zhao Xu went out of the city to meet each other. As a result, when they saw Yelu Chongyuan's old look, they were also shocked. Thinking of the scene when they met in Liao Kingdom, both sides were standing hostile and determined, but now they were sitting together to form an alliance, which made them feel a little sad.

With the arrival of Yelu Chongyuan, Li Liangzuo was also escorted by him personally and handed over to Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu held a banquet outside the city to entertain Yelu Chongyuan. The banquet was held for three consecutive days, but Zhao Yan only showed up on the first day and did not attend the remaining two days. After all, there was nothing to say about him and an old fox like Yelu Chongyuan.

Three days later, Yelu Chongyuan retreated with his army, but on the same day that Yelu Chongyuan left, Zhao Yan also secretly left Xingqing Mansion with Li Liangzuo, preparing to escort him to Tokyo City. By then, Li Liangzuo may be imprisoned for endless times, and until he died of old age, of course, some changes may also occur in the middle, resulting in Li Liangzuo's sudden illness and death. This kind of thing has happened a lot in history.

In order to ensure that Li Liangzuo could be sent to the Song Dynasty safely, Zhao Yan still left quietly this time. Except for a few people such as Zhao Xu and Yang Wenguang, no one knew that he had left with a team of thousands of people. In fact, Zhao Yan came to Xixia was originally a secret. Except for the senior management of the army and the military academy, no one knew that he had been there at all.

On the shaking carriage, Zhao Yan lay leisurely on the soft couch in the car, holding an open canned fruit in one hand and a small silver fork in the other hand. While humming a small song, he was tasting the fruit. He could also hear the whistling north wind outside the carriage, but the carriage was warm and very comfortable.

Zhao Yan is a person who knows how to enjoy it. Even when you are rushing, you should try to create a comfortable environment for yourself. For example, this carriage is specially made by him. It is not only very stable and comfortable, but also has a stove that can be used to raise the fire, which can be heated and cooked. When Zhao Yan is hungry, he will hot things on the stove and sleep directly when he is sleepy. This kind of life is even more comfortable than a pig. Zhao Yan is really worried that he will become a fat man when he goes to the capital.

However, Zhao Yan was not just about his own enjoyment. He would open the window from time to time and look at a car next to him. The car was also specially made. It looked like an ordinary carriage on the surface, but the four walls were made of steel, and the doors were also clasped by several special locks. Zhao Yan had one of these lock keys, and the other several were scattered on the other people in the team. For example, Huang Wude had one in his hand. If he wanted to open the window, he had to find all the keys.

Such a solid and solid car is naturally not for ordinary people to sit in. The ones imprisoned were Li Liangzuo and Queen Liang, the devastated emperors and empresses. Speaking of which, they have been very calm since they were sent to the Song Dynasty by Yelu Chongyuan, especially Li Liangzuo, who seemed to have accepted his fate and kept sitting quietly in the corner of the carriage without saying a word.

Zhao Yan was very curious about Li Liangzuo, the emperor of Western Xia. When he first saw him, he even stood outside the prison car and looked at him seriously. In the end, he saw that the other party was about the same age as Zhao Xu. He was not tall but very burly. He had a rectangular face and his eyes were very narrow and narrow. He was used to squinting his eyes to look at people. It was these eyes that made Li Liangzuo look sinister and deep temperament, which made people dare not underestimate him.

When Li Liangzuo saw Zhao Yan, he did not react in particular and still sat quietly without saying a word. Even if he knew Zhao Yan's identity, he had the same expression. It was not surprising to Li Liangzuo's expression. After all, as the king of a country, Li Liangzuo has now become a prisoner. In order to maintain his last bit of majesty as an emperor, he could only deal with everything with silence.

Thinking of Li Liangzuo, Zhao Yan immediately thought of Li Liangzuo's wife, the war madman in history, Empress Liang, who was the vicious woman who launched several wars against the Song Dynasty for her power, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of people. However, Empress Liang is still a young woman in her twenties, and she is naturally very beautiful when she can hook up with Li Liangzuo. Unfortunately, Zhao Yan hates this woman very much and has never seen her directly.

Zhao Yan on the carriage looked at the carriage of Li Liangzuo and his wife in front of him through the window, and immediately closed the window. Although the Spring Festival was over, the weather outside was still very cold. As soon as the window was opened, the heat in the carriage ran away, and Zhao Yan was so cold that he shivered all over.

But just as Zhao Yan closed the window, he heard someone knocking on his car door outside. Then a middle-aged man's voice sounded outside the door: "Prince, I will ask for a meeting!"

"Please come in!" When Zhao Yan heard that it was Zhong Yan outside, he immediately spoke. This time, in order to protect his safety and to escort Li Liangzuo to the capital, Zhao Xu specially sent an army of 5,000 people to escort the army. The generals leading this army were Zhong Yan, who had met Zhao Yan last time.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Zhong Yan opened the car door outside, and with a gust of cold wind in, a middle-aged man in armor walked into the car. Because the space in the car was limited, Zhong Yan was armoured and it was not convenient to salute, Zhao Yan directly signaled him to sit down and explain his purpose.

Zhong Yan was not polite, and sat down and bowed to Zhao Yanyi, "Prince, the last general has divided the army into two parts, including 3,000 people guarding the prince, and the other 2,000 people follow far behind, about one day away. In this way, if anything happens on the road, they can also rescue them quickly!"

"Very good, General Zhong thinks this plan will be successful?" Zhao Yan did not show any unexpected expression when he heard Zhong Yan's words, because this was something he had discussed with Zhong Yan before. Although the matter of escorting Li Liangzuo back to the Song Dynasty was very confidential, thousands of people acted together, and no one could guarantee that the news would not be revealed. If those unwilling remnants of the Xixia who were not giving up, they would definitely find ways to come to rescue. Zhong Yan's five thousand soldiers were to defend those remnants of the Xixia.

Originally, Zhao Yan only wanted to return to the Song Dynasty safely with these five thousand troops, but not long after leaving Xingqing Prefecture, Zhong Yan proposed an idea to Zhao Yan, which was to divide a unit of troops to weaken the strength of the escort team, so as to attract the remnants of the Western Xia to come to rescue Li Liangzuo. If they dared to come, then they could defeat all the remnants of the Western Xia in one go, so that the Western Xia would be much more peaceful.

Speaking of which, Zhong Yan's idea is very bold, even very risky. First of all, the power of the guard is weakened. If the remnants of the Western Xia really come to save Li Liangzuo, Zhao Yan, who is in the convoy, may also be in danger. If the remnants of the Western Xia really rescue Li Liangzuo, not only will the situation in Xixia deteriorate, but Zhao Yan will also be implicated. Even if Zhao Shu is unwilling to pursue it, I am afraid that the censors in the court will not let him go.

In addition, Zhao Yan also knew very clearly that the reason why Zhong Yan proposed this idea was that he wanted to take this opportunity to make contributions. After all, it was a great achievement to eliminate the remnants of Xixia, which was also in line with Zhong Yan's character of being very happy with merit and being adventurous. Think about the original history, when there was no war between Xixia and the Song Dynasty, Zhong Yan even deliberately provoked a war in order to give himself a chance to make contributions. Now that he has such a good opportunity to make contributions, he naturally will not give up, so he tried hard to persuade Zhao Yan.

Originally, Zhao Yan's character of always seeking stability would not agree to Zhong Yan's risky approach, let alone putting himself in danger, which was even more wise. However, just when Zhao Yan wanted to refuse, he accidentally got a piece of news from Huang Wude. It was this news that made him dispel his original idea and decided to take a chance.

"Don't worry, the rescue of Li Liangzuo is the last hope for those remnants of the Western Xia Dynasty to restore the country. And once we enter the territory of the Song Dynasty, they will have no chance. So I will guarantee that before we leave Xixia, the remnants of the Western Xia Dynasty will definitely take action!" Zhong Yan's eyes were shining and he spoke with confidence. As long as those remnants of the Western Xia Dynasty dared to come, it was the time for him to make contributions.r1152

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