The imperial meeting of the Song Dynasty was being held.

At the foot of the Horse Lie Mountain, the battle between Song and Xia has also entered a white-hot stage.

Liang Yibi stood on the hill, looking at the bleeding walled city under the setting sun.

He let out a sigh of relief.

It has been besieged for more than a month!

But that city still stood at the foot of the Mazhi Mountain, slamming the throat of his army's advance!

Tens of thousands of lives filled the ravines of Dingxi City.

However, the city wall remained unmoved, with only a few more gaps.

Even the gap was quickly filled by the Southern Barbarians.

What's even more terrible is that the reinforcements of the Nanman Xihe River have been carried out on the other side of Mazhi Mountain, setting up camps and staring at his army with great fear. They sent troops from Fanchuan Village and Kangu Village to continue to harass his troops.

As a result, this hundred miles of Mazhi Mountain has become a purgatory.

Liang Yibu was determined to withdraw his troops, but he was unable to get rid of the tiger. He could only bite the bullet and consume the Southern Barbarians here, minced meat.

Because he could not afford the political cost of withdrawing troops.

This war was driven by his opposition and even by his own will.

Once he withdrew his troops under the current circumstances, this is the best excuse for the powerful people in Xingqing Prefecture.

He suffered losses to his troops and generals, returned without success, was mediocre and inaction, and harmed the country and the people...

A hat would be buckled against his head.

"The Prime Minister of the State, the various ministries of Youzhou, sent envoys to apologize..." A confidant came to Liang Yip and reported in a low voice.

Liang Yi-bing frowned and asked, "Do they have any explanation?"

The confidant lowered his head and said, "Report to the Prime Minister of the State, and the tribes said that this defeat was due to the defeat of Shizhou, and the flanks were taken advantage of by the Southern Barbarians. In addition, the prince-in-law was unable to use troops, so hesitated and undecided..."

Liang Yibi heard this and suddenly became irritated and cursed: "Youzhou is in a rebellion, is it a three-year-old child who bullies me?"

"The responsibility lies in Shizhou. The prince consort, so they have no responsibility at all?!"

As he said that, he couldn't help but pull out the sword in his hand and inserted it into the land under his feet, saying, "I will kill such a traitor sooner or later!"

But even if he knew it himself, it was just an incompetence and furious.

The tribes of Youzhou have close ties with famous Wei masters.

When Taizu (Li Jiqian) was in trouble with Jinze, these guys had already married Taizu.

Many of the ancestors of many guys married their daughter to Taizu.

They also made great efforts during the Taizu's uprising against the Song Dynasty.

During the Jingzong era, these families still supported the establishment of the Jingzong country.

It is no exaggeration to say that these wealthy families in Youzhou had already helped them with their ancestors following Taizu and Jingzong against the Song Dynasty.

It is not so easy to touch them even if Jing Zong is alive.

Not to mention the other person, Su Yi's family was openly regarded as the leader of the nine-subject alliance of Su Wei and called himself the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Has anyone ever taken care of it?

I don’t dare to care, nor can I care!

Because, I was so anxious that I would not leave my grandfather here, so I went to Bianliang!

Therefore, not only can we not force, but we can only be favored.

Liang Yipeng knew this very well, so after venting it, he calmed down and turned to his confidant and said, "Go and tell the envoy to Youzhou, and I already know!"

"Youzhou's defeat, it's not their fault. The blame lies with the prince-consort!"

Liang Yixing, the Shizhou Army Supervisor, was his uncle, and one of the few Liang clans who could command soldiers, and was also his staunch supporter.

Of course, no guilt can be reduced.

So he could only blame all the blame on the defeated general Zou Weiming, who took his tribe to take the blame.

Just so happened that after the troops of Ganzhou, which was dragged into Weiming, had nearly 2,000 troops fled to Weizhou and Hongzhou.

Liang Yibi was not polite and arrested all the Ganzhou soldiers and sent them to the Nanmuhui.

This is to swallow them under the guise of punishing crime.

After undressing, Liang Yibi asked, "Is there any movement in Xingqing Mansion recently?"

The confidant bowed his head and said, "The Empress Dowager has recently had a close relationship with Yu's collector..."

"Yu Zang Huama's second son, Yu Zang Shun'an, often entered the palace..."

Liang Yiqiu bit his lip, as if he had remembered something.

After a long time, he let out a sigh and said to the confidant: "I'll remind the Queen Mother..."

"Don't make trouble all the people know, so as not to be ashamed of Emperor Huizong!"

The empress dowager of Dabai Gaoguo likes to raise young men and loves to collect handsome men. It is not news.

The Queen Mother Wuzang, who had no collector, was killed by her lover during an affair.

When the Empress Dowager was alive, she raised more than a dozen face-to-face men and even flirted with him in front of Huizong, which made Huizong very angry and the mother and son become enemies.

Now there is nothing great about having a little empress dowager who raises a young lady now.

What's more, this empress dowager is still his sister!

Moreover, she is only in her twenties and it is really hard to stand by the empty room alone, Liang Yibi can understand it.

He even felt that it would be good for his sister to raise more doughs in the palace.

As long as he does not interfere in his governance, he is even willing to help choose a partner!

But I didn't know that there was already a rush of undercurrents in Xingqing Mansion.

And his sister is not raising a couple at all!

...

Under the same sunset, Jialu Village in Hedong.

The Western Xia delegation led by Wei Mingmoduo entered one after another through the gate of this fort.

On the village wall, the Song army's flag fluttered in the wind.

Wei Mingmoduo raised his head, glanced at it, and sighed in his heart.

Last year, the old emperor of the Southern Barbarians passed away. He went to the Southern Barbarians Bianjing under the orders of Empress Dowager Xian and Huizong (Li Bingchang) as a consolation envoy, and reached a peace agreement between the two countries.

But late in the year, he came to the southern barbarian territory again.

But this time, he came to seek peace!

This made him feel a little depressed.

But there is no way!

Wei Mingmoduo remembered what he said to him a few days ago when the Empress Dowager urgently summoned him and appointed him as an envoy.

"The Prime Minister of the State stopped his troops on Maxian Mountain, but he could not break through so far, but he suffered heavy losses... The reinforcements of the Southern Barbarians are still rushing to the fore...."

"The Southern Barbarians and Shaanxi, Hedong have also made free of their hands..."

"The Great White Kingdom is already in danger!"

"Your responsibility is heavy!"

Thinking about the things the Empress Dowager hugged Xiao Wuzhang in the curtain and entrusted him with him.

Wei Mingmoduo raised his head.

He knew that he had a heavy responsibility!

No matter what, he must fulfill his mission and reach peace with the Southern Barbarians, so that the Great Kingdom of Dabai could end this meaningless war with a decent amount!

Yes!

Many people in Xingqing Prefecture now think that this war is meaningless.

As soon as the war began, the Nanman closed all markets and banned the Qingyan from entering the Nanman for sale.

Those goods that were allowed to be sold to the Southern Barbarians last year can only accumulate in Xingqing Prefecture and Xiazhou.

If war can be won, then it is natural that nothing can be said.

But now, the army is in trouble and even suffers repeated setbacks and suffers heavy losses.

Even the left wing was burned by someone, and tens of thousands of acres of wheat were destroyed.

If a business cannot be completed, a war cannot be won, and you will suffer losses.

In the eyes of many people, this is meaningless and meaningless.

It’s better to negotiate peace, go back to the past, do business and trade as usual.
To be continued...