There were twenty horses on the school ground, and each horse was dragging a crossbow behind it. These crossbows were urgently manufactured by Wang Jinghui in Biandu, and were already his entire family. Unlike the crossbows that Tianji and others temporarily made in the northwest, these crossbows were also equipped with a jinghuo hook. One person was holding the crossbows there, and the other person was responsible for loading and firing, and he could easily operate the crossbows.

Many wooden stakes were set up about a hundred steps on the other end of the school ground, and sheep were tied to the wooden stakes. Due to the limited area of ​​the school ground, the Japanese army who had practiced in advance set the distance to pull the crossbows by only half. Twenty crossbows were not used to fire volleys against these lambs. However, in order to pursue the shocking effect, Guo Kui pulled out all the crossbows on hand in one breath.

Everyone present, not to mention that the Western Xia envoy did not explode without firearms, even the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty had rarely seen this scene. However, this weapon was too famous on the northwest battlefield, and everyone was told to keep their ears in their fortresses.

With a shout, all the crossbows that had been opened and ready to fire released the plate machine in their hands. The thunder lead on the crossbows was also calculated in advance. As soon as it landed, twenty thunderstorms made a huge explosion sound. Since it was launched from south to north, no one stood there in the north for safety reasons. However, people standing in front of the east and west sides heard a burst of explosions, they felt that their hair was shaken and stood up and fell backwards as if they were blown by the wind, followed by a pungent scent of scent.

The smell of sulphur was mixed with a spurt of dust. Even those like Wang Jinghui who had seen shelling scenes in later generations looked a little numb, not to mention that the people present who saw the firearm launch scene for the first time did not have any sound in the huge schoolyard. Those wooden stakes that had been set up were either blown off or fell around. The flock of sheep who were demonstrating the target had long been blown up to a bloody and bloody mass, and none survived. This scene gave a great psychological impact to all those who watched the performance.

But this is not over. In a very short time, the crossbows were ready for firing for the second time. Under the command of the officers in front of the crossbows lined up, another test fire was carried out. The two firing time intervals of the crossbows were very short, which was specially proposed by Wang Jinghui. Wen Yanbo thought that this would let the enemy country know the frequency of the bed crossbows and crossbows of the Song Dynasty, which would be unfavorable for future battles. And it would be a sure thing to kill a group of sheep with twenty thunders. However, Wang Jinghui still convinced him that other spies from the enemy country would also learn about the Song Dynasty from the Dangxiang people. However, Wang Jinghui still convinced him that other spies from the enemy country would also learn about the Song Dynasty from the Dangxiang people.

The performance of weapons such as ground bed crossbows has been greatly improved, and defense cannot be prevented. Moreover, this can effectively deter the Khitans. It is said that July is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, and the Liao Kingdom has sent envoys to celebrate their birthdays to Biandu. However, while congratulating their birthdays, the Liao Kingdom has also started some small actions on the border between the Song and Liao. The number of Khitan defenders' daily "grass-killing valleys" has suddenly increased, but they have been severely repelled by the Daizhou Army. The Daizhou Army has organized several relatively large-scale exercises, and the entire Song and Liao border is ready.

The Liao Kingdom had permanent institutions in the Song Dynasty Bian. The reason why Wen Yanbo finally accepted Wang Jinghui's military exercises was due to the tension on the Song and Liao border that Emperor Zhao Xu and Wen Yanbo adopted the advice of the son-in-law Wang Jinghui to "shock" the Khitan by his son-in-law Wang Jinghui. At the same time, they were also "monks" in the Khitan.

The information sent back has a deep understanding of the current domestic situation of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom cannot fight a war anyway. Although there are many Khitan soldiers added to the Song-Liao border. However, the number is too small. According to the Song Dynasty's original military layout against the Liao Kingdom, it can completely defeat any evil actions of the Khitans. The key is whether they can use firearms to scare away the Khitans today. At that time, I believe that the Khitans who are permanently stationed in the Song Dynasty will clearly tell the Khitan envoys who came to pay their birthday to the Empress Dowager, which will likely silently resolve the tension on the Song-Liao border.

After the smoke of the two test shots of the crossbows, the original shooting range was completely destroyed. Not only was the wooden stakes that were erected were broken, but even the strictly repaired and flat grounds were blown out of pits of varying depths. The residents of Kaifeng, Biandu, couldn't help but clamoring loudly. The Song monarchs and ministers on the stands of the school were all smiling happily. In contrast, the envoys of various countries were surprised. Several envoys of the Song Dynasty immediately congratulated Emperor Zhao Xu, while the envoys of Dangxiang and Khitan were all blood-colored on their faces. Such imperial guards in the front-line inspection team were completely in line with the customs of the Song Dynasty, which shows that the Song Dynasty no longer cared about concealing its weapons and equipment. Thinking of the Song Dynasty's conflict that happened not long ago, the general trend of the Song Dynasty becoming more and more aggressive was established.

Wang Jinghui stood up and walked to Aliti, the envoy of the Dangxiang Peace Talks, and said with a smile:

"Sir, how do you think our Song army looks like?"

Aliti was a mature man. At this time, his face was calm, but his mouth was as stubborn as a cooked duck: "The Song army is indeed good, but it is still not worth mentioning compared to our Daxia army. I would like to ask the prince-consort to persuade His Majesty the Emperor of your country to calm down the war on the part of his friendship for many years, so that the people of both countries can live in peace, so that our Daxia army will not come to retaliate. By the way, I also want to tell the prince-consort that the Prime Minister also asked someone to build a residence for the emperor of your country in Xingqing Prefecture. I believe it has been completed now!"

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui laughed out loudly, and his body bent down. The prince-consort's unrestrained behavior certainly caused the whole audience in the stands to attract attention. Many people heard what Aliti said just now. Although Emperor Zhao Xu was far away, after the eunuch reposted his words in embarrassment, Emperor Zhao Xu's face changed color, and the civil and military ministers of the Song Dynasty around were very angry. Everyone turned their eyes to the prince-consort, wanting to see how this young prince-consort should deal with it.

"Although I dare not say that I am a scholar of my generation like Mr. Ouyang Yongshu, I am also well-known. I heard that your Dangxiang also produces cows. However, a few days ago, someone told me that Dangxiang no longer has a cow. I am very surprised. Now it seems that this is true!" Wang Jinghui said to Aliti with a strange expression after laughing.

His words made everyone around him feel very strange, but Aliti retorted: "Who is so arrogant? Our party has a lot of cattle and horses, and who in the world knows it?"

"You are the one who is arrogant! The cows in your country have been blown to death by you, where can you find half of the cow hair?! General Liang Gewei of Dangxiang personally led an army of 130,000 to invade our Song Dynasty Baoan Army. Behind him was the Prime Minister of Dangxiang Liang Yi buried himself in charge of the Jianing Army to observe the situation. But unfortunately, these 130,000 troops were all unjust troops. They were severely injured by our Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians, annihilated nearly 60,000 elite soldiers of Dangxiang, and captured more than 70,000. General Dangxiang became the objects of our Song Dynasty from Liang Gewei, and drowned in the Liang Gewei's chaos army. The body will be transported to Kaifeng, Bian Capital tomorrow! If you are interested, you can naturally take a look at the appearance of General Dangxiang, and tell everyone that Liang Gewei's corpses have been specially treated and preserved very well. You can still see their "invincible" style! Haha..." Wang Jinghui laughed again after saying that.

Wang Jinghui's words surprised the foreign envoys present. In particular, the Khitans' expressions changed several times. The Dangxiang people did send people to contact the Liao Kingdom to send troops to threaten the Song Dynasty, but they did not tell the truth. They only said that Liang Gewei's 100,000 troops were stationed on the border. As long as the Liao Kingdom makes a little gesture, the Song Dynasty will naturally increase the annual quota obediently, and Aliti and the Khitan permanent envoys next to them also made the same promise.

The newspapers in the Song Dynasty previously promoted the news that they had won the battle between Dangxiang and Dangxiang in the northwest battlefield. However, they were always secretive about the results of the battle. When the envoys of Dangxiang were crossing, Emperor Zhao Xu ordered the transportation to Kaifeng, Biandu, but the trip was much slower than Aliti, who was rushing to travel. It was not until yesterday that they were about to arrive in Kaifeng, Biandu.

Aliti dialect was a bit credible in everyone's mind before, but Wang Jinghui's dialect now looks even more credible. If you really see Liang Gewei's corpse, you may be completely ruined. With corpses as evidence, this is more effective than any good words.

The most embarrassing person in the audience is Aliti. As an envoy of a country, nothing is more uncomfortable than the lie being exposed on the spot, not to mention that Liang Gewei's body was a huge blow to him. Queen Mother Liang did not tell him the news that the Dangxiang army was completely destroyed. He only thought that the army was just defeated and the losses were a little bigger. He did not expect it to be so serious!

"Aliti, I believe you understand that you have no capital in your hands. If you know the truth, sign the peace agreement quickly. Don't let my Song army go to Xingqing Mansion to get it in person. In addition, I have a little advice to you - don't take the little troops in your hands seriously. Liang Gewei is the lesson of the past!"

Aliti was both angry and angry, but at this time the situation was stronger than others. No matter what he said, he just added jokes to others. After a fierce look at Wang Jinghui, he waved his sleeves to the ridicule of the Song Dynasty monarch and ministers. The envoys present also looked at the Song Dynasty monarch and ministers in a complicated heart, especially the Song Dynasty prince consort who had just humiliated Aliti. Envoys from all countries who lived in Biandu for a long time knew that there was a very dazzling prince consort among the Song Dynasty prince consorts. Not only was they rich in the world, but they were also the favorite minister of the two generations of emperors.

After Aliti returned to his embassy, ​​a confidant immediately rushed over and said to him:

"Sir, the Queen Mother's decree is very urgent!"

Aliti felt a sudden heart, and he realized that the letter from Empress Dowager Liang's imperial decree was so urgent that the news above might be very bad. Sure enough, after opening the letter and reading the imperial decree written by Empress Dowager Liang in Dangxiangwen, Aliti sat in a chair powerlessly and couldn't speak for a long time - General Liang Gewei had been killed, and the Prime Minister Liang Yimian was worried about the death of the country a few days ago. He completed the peace talks with the Song Dynasty as soon as possible. No matter what conditions, he had to agree to the Song Dynasty and settle the Song Dynasty as soon as possible!

Aliti never thought that Daxia, which was once arrogant, had reached this point today. With a keen sense of political aura, he realized that the Liang regime is now facing unprecedented tests. The way Dangxiang's power is very different from that of the Song Dynasty. Although there is a royal family that unified the country, Dangxiang is actually composed of tribes of all sizes. The power of the tribe is greatly restricted. However, the various Dangxiang nobles, as the leader of the tribe, still have a great say. If this right of say is nothing when the royal family is extremely powerful, the royal family Li is still the young master, and the Liang brothers and sisters are in charge. This state is very dangerous. But now Liang's military representative Liang Gewei was defeated and the civil minister Liang Yimeng suddenly died of illness at this time. The situation in his country can be imagined. Now, the best strategy is to reach a collaborative agreement with the Song Dynasty as soon as possible at all costs.

Although the Song Dynasty collaborative treaty was very harsh, which was completely unacceptable to Xixia, Aliti now has sufficient reasons to sign this treaty. The reason is very simple - if the Liang regime collapses, then no treaty will work! Aliti is well aware of the internal political struggles of Dangxiang. As a local aristocrat in Dangxiang, he did not surrender to Weiming when he was in charge of political positions was that he deeply admired Empress Dowager Liang's political talents. Even if those Dangxiang nobles were tied together, they might not be her opponent. However, after Emperor Rongzuo's death, Liang had controlled the political situation in Xixia through various means, and his strength was greatly reduced due to this crushing defeat. The hidden dangers suppressed by the former inside are likely to erupt again. At this time, as the young prince-consort said, the Song army bypassed Li Qing's Poxi army and invaded Xixia in a large-scale manner. That would be really a dynasty!

After the military parade of the Song Dynasty, the emperor and his ministers returned to the Bian Capital happily, and important members of the two prefectures gathered in Funing Hall again. Originally, Wang Jinghui had nothing to do with the rest of the land, but as soon as he returned to the Prince Consort's Mansion, he was blocked by a small yellow gate riding a horse. The emperor summoned him urgently!

Wang Jinghui was murmured in his heart: "Why did the military parade be over? Something happened so quickly?! Could it be that old man Aliti finally got to know him?" Although there was some guess in his heart.

But he still asked the driver to turn the car and drive towards the palace.

After Wang Jinghui walked into the Funing Palace, he saw that the important officials of both palaces were here. Emperor Zhao Xu looked very excited, but he could tell. Everyone's expressions were very relaxed and happy. It shouldn't be that any bad news came, and he calmed down a little.

"My dear, Liang Yi, the prime minister of the Western Xia Kingdom, has died. He was buried in Xingqing Mansion a few days ago!" Emperor Zhao Xu said happily.

"I knew it a long time ago!" Wang Jinghui thought to himself, but if Emperor Zhao Xu had not mentioned this, he would have almost ignored the fact that Liang Yi was buried and died. In fact, he was ordered to negotiate with Aliti in the past few days. The reason why the price was so outrageous was because he knew that Liang Yi was buried and the official news had not been heard yet. It was probably because Dangxiang had blocked the news. The "monks" of Dangxiang could not know it, or because the two countries were fighting, the border areas were not easy to pass, so the news came back much slower.

Wang Jinghui's guess is good. It doesn't matter if Liang Yi is buried for several days and doesn't go to court, but if he doesn't go to court for more than 20 days, it's a problem. Queen Mother Liang also knows that it doesn't make any sense to cover it up. During this period, she has strictly controlled the duty of the Imperial Six in her hands. The imperial guards in Xingqing Prefecture were also controlled by the Liang relatives or confidants. The personal troops of the Dangxiang nobles, such as Renduan, were transferred from Xingqing Prefecture for various reasons. It can be said that the capital of Dangxiang was already under the control of Empress Dowager Liang.

Next. These arrangements are only for one person - the nominal emperor of Dangxiang, the son of Empress Dowager Liang, and the royal family of Bingchang was the descendant of the Li family. If Bingchang had anything, Xixia would undoubtedly fall into division. Empress Dowager Liang also saw this. Using her son as amulet, the entire Xingqing Mansion belonged to her. Bingchang was also under her control. As long as the opposition forces did not get Bingchang for a day, she would be safe and she would still control the situation in Xixia!

After making all kinds of arrangements, when Empress Dowager Liang felt that there was no problem, she buried her younger brother publicly. At the same time, she also informed Aliti, the envoy in Biandu, about the real truth, hoping to quickly end the confrontation between Song and Xia, so as not to break the current balance due to the reluctance of Song and Xixia, which would break the current balance and cause changes. The "monk" in Dangxiang was naturally not a blind man. After knowing the news that Liang Yi was buried in death, he immediately passed the news back to Biandu as quickly as possible. However, the road to the Jianing Military Office was not easy to pass it back to the Song Dynasty through various relationships through Qingtongxia, which made Aliti and the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty at the same time learned about Liang Yi's buried in death.

"Sage, the news that Liang Yi was buried in death is coming at this time. I guess Aliti also received this news. If so, Empress Dowager Liang would also ask Aliti to sign a peace talks with our Song Dynasty as soon as possible to quell the conflict between Song and Xia so that she can focus on quelling internal conflicts. I think that the war reparations for the peace talks can be increased to one million yuan, and Aliti will definitely agree. At the same time, this is the best time to recover Xihe. It is estimated that after this battle, the Song and Xia border will be at another one or two years of peace!" Wang Jinghui said with a smile.
Chapter completed!