~Date: ~October 19th~

The emperor's decision was expected by Zhao Liangsi. He was confident that it was definitely a reason that the emperor could not refuse. However, when the final decree of sending the Heavenly Dao Army to the northwest was issued, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If his performance at this moment fell into the eyes of the emperor and any civil and military officials in the court, he would probably feel that Zhao Liangsi must have great hatred with the Heavenly Dao Army. Otherwise, why would he try his best to send the Heavenly Dao Army to the northwest where the enemy is stronger and the battle is more intense?

But the actual situation is that the real reason is only Zhao Liangsi, who knew that he wanted to push the Heavenly Dao Army into the "fire pit" was not his intention at all. The reason why he did this was because even he could not understand why... All of this was Zheng Fei asked him to do! Zheng Fei traveled thousands of miles to send people to see Cai You before his memorial arrived in Tokyo, and asked him to make sure to make the emperor make such a decision.

Zhao Liangsi didn't understand why Zheng Fei asked him to do this, but he still agreed to Zheng Fei's request. When the order was issued, Zhao Liangsi immediately closed the door and Xie Gu, using his extremely smart head for several days and nights, but still couldn't figure out why Zheng Fei did this. For this reason, he boldly assumed many possibilities, such as, could the Qishan Army and the Tiandao Army be together? So Zheng Fei did not let the Tiandao Army go to the southeast? After all, he knew very well that Zhu Wu was a firm follower of Zheng Fei at the time, and Zhu Wu betrayed Zheng Fei was so unexpected. But he immediately denied this idea, because if all this was true, then Zheng Fei's game would be too big. How did he know that Zhu Wu would definitely raise an army in Qishan in the future and traverse the southeast? How did he know that the people of Xixia would definitely attack the Song Dynasty when he and Zhu Wu were at the same time? How did he know...?

Unless he is a god and can predict it beforehand, all this is impossible. Moreover, even if the Heavenly Dao Army and the Qishan Army are really in the same group, it is easy to perform a double act with the Song Dynasty with the talents of Zheng Fei and Zhu Wu. There is no need to send his elites to the northwest to fight hard.

In the end, Zhao Liangsi gave up the meaningless guess. Although he firmly believed that Zheng Fei did this because of a huge benefit, he could only smile helplessly and come to the window, looking in the east direction and sighed softly, "Source, what are you playing with? What are the benefits of the northwest worth your paying for?"

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The reason why Zhao Liangsi couldn't guess Zheng Fei's purpose was actually very simple, because he had considered the wrong direction from the beginning. He always believed that Zheng Fei's starting point for everything was for various interests. However, he did not know that Zheng Fei really did not consider any benefits this time. The reason why he sent troops to the northwest was entirely due to a kind of atonement mentality, because... he also had a part in this attack by the Xixia people...

A few months ago, when the imperial court was making final preparations for the Eastern Expedition, Zheng Fei secretly sent Zhu Gui's younger brother, the "Smiling Tiger" Zhu Fu, to the northwest and entered the territory of Xixia.

After Zhu Fu arrived in Xixia, he was first deliberately discovered by the Xixia army, and then showed his identity and said that he was an envoy from the "Dao Kingdom of Heaven" in the Song Dynasty, and asked to see the Emperor of Daxia.

The Xixia army reported this situation layer by layer, first reported it to the younger brother of the current Xixia emperor Li Ganshun, Xixia general King Chage.

When Brother Cha heard this, what? The Heavenly Dao Kingdom in the Song Dynasty? Why haven’t I heard of this country? But he still ordered people to bring Zhu Fu closer.

Zhu Fu said, "I am a passerby from the east and west of the Great Song Dynasty. Now our Tiandao Army has raised an army to rebel against the Great Song Dynasty. He killed the Song army and abandoned his armor and occupied the east and west of the Great Song Dynasty for half a year. There is no way for us."

Then Brother Cha realized that he recalled the spies planted in the Song Dynasty that had indeed sent back news that a group of bandits had emerged from Jingdong Road in the Song Dynasty, defeating the Song army and occupying Jingdong Road. He asked, "Then what do you want to do when you come to find us?"

Zhu Fu said, "I'm here to give Daxia a big gift."

Brother Cha smiled contemptuously, "Oh? Big gift? What big gift can you bandits who have only captured a small road to the east and west of Beijing for a few months?"

Zhu Fudao, "Is half a Song Dynasty considered a great gift?"

Brother Cha was shocked when he heard this, and pondered for a moment and said, "Speak!"

Zhu Fu then said, "The current emperor of the Song Dynasty is incompetent and uses treacherous ministers, which makes the people die of life, so we rebel. Now they are preparing to attack us. Although we are absolutely confident that we can defeat them, our commander's ambition is not just that. He also wants to defeat the Song Dynasty and build a new country! Therefore, our commander wants to ask you to prepare to attack the Song Dynasty...."

Brother Cha interrupted him with a sneer again, "Do you want us to help you restrain the power of the Song Dynasty? This is impossible!"

Zhu Fu shook his head and continued, "No, our plan is that when we defeat the imperial court and attack our army, we will immediately take advantage of the victory to pursue the Tokyo attack of the Song Dynasty. At that time, the Song Dynasty will inevitably be in chaos. You will take the opportunity to launch an attack from the northwest. If we attack from east to west, the Song Dynasty will be defeated. Then we will divide the Song Dynasty together."

Cha Ge was the most outstanding general in the Western Xia era. He understood that if these people who occupied the East and West Beijing could really defeat the Song Dynasty's army and threaten the Song Dynasty's Tokyo, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Xixia, but this was just based on the most perfect assumption. There were too many uncertainties in it. For example, what would happen if these people were defeated by the Song Dynasty? He then sneered, "Just with your small land, you want to defeat the Song State army? We still cannot fight again with Song State for you."

Zhu Fu replied, "So our commander is just to make your country be prepared to launch an attack. If we fail, at most you can just give up attacking the Song Dynasty. Everything will be the same and will have no impact on you. But if we really succeed, you will miss the opportunity if you make hasty preparations at that time. It is hard to say whether you can still have such a good opportunity in the future."

Brother Cha was told, and he reported the matter to Emperor Li Ganshun.

Li Ganshun was one of the most outstanding emperors in the history of Xixia. He worked hard to govern and was talented and magnanimous. Now Xixia is constantly strengthening its national strength under his governance. He has the potential of a wise ruler at that time. He was very moved after listening to Cha Ge's report and immediately summoned the ministers to discuss the feasibility of this matter. In the end, they believed that this was indeed a good opportunity, and all they had to do was just a wait. Waiting for the people from the east and west roads of Beijing to defeat the Song army, or they were defeated by the Song army, even if they were finally happy, it would have nothing to do. It would be considered a military exercise to mobilize the army.

So, Li Ganshun asked Brother Cha to tell Zhu Fu that Zhu Fu would go back and tell Zheng Fei that Xia Guo would agree to their request, but don’t expect Xia to send troops to help you restrain Song State. We will only launch an attack after you truly defeat the army of Song State. If you fail, we will also send a letter of congratulations to the emperor of Song State for quelling the rebellion in the country.

After Zhu Fu left, Cha Ge immediately ordered the spies in the Song Dynasty to go to Beijing East and West Road immediately and pay close attention to the situation on Beijing East and West Road. A few months later, he received a surprise news that the Song Dynasty prepared more than 200,000 troops to attack Beijing East and West Road, but this was not the most surprising thing about him. What surprised him the most was his old opponent, Xihe Strategic Envoy who had always had great headaches with the Chinese people, and the "God of War" Liu Fa also led 50,000 troops to leave the northwest to participate in the war.

After hearing the news, Brother Cha sighed long. In his opinion, the group of passers-by in the east and west of Beijing must be finished. Someone immediately suggested that Li Ganshun and Brother Cha give up their plans and withdraw the prepared army to avoid stimulating the Song Dynasty. However, Li Ganshun and Brother Cha refused this suggestion at the same time, because although they were afraid of Liu Fa and believed that the group of passers-by in the east and west of Beijing were doomed, they were also looking forward to the miracle happening even more!

As a result, a miracle actually happened. Those passers-by in the east and west of Beijing actually defeated the more than 200,000 troops of Song State, and the invincible "God of War" Liu Fa surrendered and became one of those passers-by in the east and west of Beijing! In addition, they had learned that the southeast of the Song Dynasty was also in chaos, and the old coach Tong Guan of the northwest was trapped in the mud in the southeast and could not escape. Li Ganshun and Cha Ge were surprised and the opportunity really came! They immediately ordered the 400,000 troops to launch a sudden attack on the Song State!

And this is why the Xixia people suddenly came when Zheng Fei negotiated with the State of Song to a critical moment. Of course, Zheng Fei would not really want to do anything "fighting between the east and west" with the people of Xixia people and "dividing the Song Dynasty". If he really did that, he would be the sinner who betrayed the nation. How could he talk about whether to be determined to avoid the occurrence of the "Jingkang Shame"? How could he talk about "sweeping the Han Dynasty and supporting the generals of Huaxia"?! The reason why he did this was just to use the conditions that the Xixia people forced the Song Dynasty to agree to him. This was a decision that made him extremely painful, but he had to do so!

Although Zhu Fu's action was a secret action, only Zheng Fei himself knew that the northwest was indeed trapped in war because of him. The Chinese nation was once again invaded by foreign enemies. Where the war spread, there must be a disaster for all living beings.

That's why Zheng Fei was willing to send troops to the northwest to participate in the war. He wanted to use this to atone for his sins and drive the Xixia people out of the northwest!


Chapter completed!