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Near night.

Outside Xingyuan Prefecture, East Road, Xixializhou.

There are orange and yellow rippling waves on the moat.

Smoke curling in the city.

And not very flat, there are few pedestrians on the official road now.

Qu Rujian led hundreds of light cavalry to gallop outside the city. Although there were not many people, it still made the guards outside the city as if they were facing a great enemy.

More than a dozen soldiers standing listlessly at the city gate quickly rushed forward with their spears, trying to stop Qu Rujian and others outside the city.

The defenders on the top of the city also set bows together.

It can be seen that they are still trained and are considered elite soldiers.

"Well!"

Qu Rujian pulled his horse at the city gate.

His eyes swept over the many defenders on the city, and a little coldness appeared deep in his eyes.

As a general, he could see whether these defenders were elite soldiers. If it were ordinary, the defenders of Xingyuan Prefecture would not be such elite soldiers.

This only shows that Pang Hongguang has indeed taken some precautions against them.

"Who is coming?"

A general shouted at Qu Rujian at the top of the city.

Qu Rujian took off his token from his waist and said, "I am the chief general of Qitian Army, Qu Rujian, and I will come to the city to see the Jiedushi."

The generals on the city wall were slightly stunned.

Qu Rujian's Qitian Army is now an indispensable main force among the Western Xia imperial guards. Even though he is just a general in Xingyuan Prefecture, he has heard of the name of the Qitian Army.

He even dared not neglect it.

Seeing that Qu Rujian was just leading hundreds of people to come, the general soon came down to the city.

He walked to the city gate and bowed to Qu Rujian and said, "Hao Leshan, the commander of the defender of Xingyuan Prefecture, has seen Commander Qu."

"Um."

Qu Rujian nodded slightly, "Take the book to see the Jiedushi."

He bowed toward the Xixia Imperial City, "I will submit to the emperor's secret order, and you must not slack off."

Hearing the word "Emperor", the general's expression couldn't help but be much more serious, and he said again: "Please Commander Qu enter the city!"

After saying that, he took the lead in walking into the city.

Then he led more than a dozen soldiers to the inner office of Xingyuan Prefecture with Qu Rujian and others.

This general is probably Pang Hongguang's direct lineage, and I'm afraid he knows that Pang Hongguang is not so loyal to the Empress of the Western Xia. But Qu Rujian only brought only a few hundred people, so he would not make him nervous.

Even if all these hundreds of people go to the government office, there will be no waves.

I arrived at the government office soon.

Qu Rujian and others were stopped outside again.

A guard of the government office ran in and reported to Pang Hongguang.

There was no anger on Qu Rujian's face, he was just waiting outside.

In just a short while, Pang Hongguang walked out of the government office with a blushing face. As soon as he left the door, he smiled and said to Qu Rujian: "Mr. Qu, it's been a long time since he left."

He was about 60 years old, but he was quite energetic. His official robes were neat and his hair was tied in order. It was obvious that he was a person who paid great attention to his image.

Qu Rujian got off the horse and smiled and said to Pang Hongguang: "Qu Rujian has met the Jiedushi."

Pang Hongguang stepped forward and grabbed his hand very enthusiastically and walked straight into the government office. At the same time, he said, "Why did Commander Qu come to Xingyuan Mansion and the soldiers don't let the soldiers report first, and I can hold a banquet and wait here. In this way, he neglected Commander Qu, and asked Commander Qu to give in."

It seems that he is familiar with Qu Rujian.

In fact, the two of them had only met twice at Zhongxing Mansion and had never even said anything.

Qu Rujian frowned slightly.

Maybe I am a little disliked by Pang Hongguang's civil servant behavior.

He was not from a scholar, and he actually had a lot of the aura of the army. In short, he just didn't like to deal with these civil servants.

Such generals are not rare not only in the Western Xia, but even in the Song Dynasty.

However, he naturally would not show anything on his face, and his brows unfolded in an instant, saying, "It should be Qu Rujian asking the Jiedushi for forgiveness. Qu Rujian came so hasty, but he was helpless."

Pang Hongguang pretended to be surprised, "Sage Decree? Could it be that the emperor had something to let Commander Qu pass on you to me?"

Qu Rujian nodded and said, "The emperor ordered you to gather the army together to prepare food and grass, and the generals of the Heliancheng army were ready to suppress the Tongchuan Prefecture Road."

When Pang Hongguang heard this, a very deep light flashed across his eyes, "Your Majesty really wants to sing Xinsong?"

Qu Rujian said: "I think the Jiedushi knows that Xin Song is just a puppet of Dali. Now Dali has been defeated in front of the Song army and killed by the Song army. This is a good opportunity for us to attack Xin Song. As long as we work with the Song State to conquer Xin Song, our Xixia will always get some benefits."

Pang Hongguang pondered, but then said, "Why didn't the emperor directly order me to lead the army to block the New Song army? Wouldn't it be easier to destroy the New Song in this way?"

Qu Rujian chuckled.

Li Xiushu had already explained his words to this matter.

He said quietly: "It's not because the Song Emperor gave too few benefits, and he couldn't reach a consensus with the emperor at that time. Besides, the emperor was also concerned about the Jiedushi, worried that you would suffer heavy losses when you hurriedly led your army to resist the New Song army and horses, so you didn't want to take action before you were ready. In my opinion, the emperor might also want the Song Emperor to see that our Xixia is not their vassals, nor are they saying they will hit anyone, but that we Xixia must hit anyone. Of course, this was not what the emperor said to me, but I was thinking about it myself, what did the Jiedushi think?"

Pang Hongguang pondered slightly, with a strong smile on his face, "Master Qu can see through thoroughly. Although our emperor is a woman, he is better than thousands of men. Emperor Song wants our emperor to obey his words, but he really underestimates our emperor too much."

The two of them walked and said, and soon they arrived in the main hall of the Defu Office.

Pang Hongguang ordered people to hold a banquet again.

The hundreds of light cavalry led by Qu Rujian were taken elsewhere in the government office. In the main hall, he and Qu Rujian were the only two.

After the maid brought tea, Pang Hongguang asked Qu Rujian with a smile: "When will Commander Qu attack Xinsong?"

Qu Rujian pondered slightly and said, "Our army has just joined the General Heliancheng, and it will take several days to rest. Then he will lead his army to the northern border of the New Song Dynasty. As for when to send troops to invade, it still has to wait for the emperor's intention."

He looked at Pang Hongguang with his eyes, "Judgesman, I have passed the emperor's order to you. You still have to start preparing now. If you delay the fighter plane at that time, it will probably make the emperor angry..."

Pang Hongguang nodded slightly, "Then I will continue to explain tomorrow and let the government offices prepare to raise food and grass."

Qu Rujian said: "It's so good."

Then the two did not continue to talk about the topic.

Pang Hongguang just asked Qu Rujian about the imperial city.

Qu Rujian also answered easily.

But in fact, he was even sweating on his back.

Pang Hongguang is a full old fox and is not easy to deal with. He always speaks with a few words of temptation.

With Qu Rujian's scheming, he could barely keep his face relaxed, but he was very cautious in his heart.

Afterwards, when the servants came to deliver the meal, the two began to enter the table.

Fortunately, Qu Rujian was wearing armor, otherwise Pang Hongguang would have seen the sweat behind him, and I was afraid that the old fox would realize something.

Qu Rujian didn't eat this meal easily.

So much so that after the meal, he was taken to the room by his servant and he often took a breath.

After he left, Pang Hongguang sat alone in the main hall, and became meditated.

His eyes narrowed slightly, his face full of coldness, and he could no longer see the elegant atmosphere before, "Will the soldiers be launched in the new Song..."

Of course he knew that Duan Qilin was leading all civil and military officials in Dali to Shu now.

Moreover, he is indeed a member of Guigu Academy.

Even Jia Fenghua and others on the West Road of Lizhou were slowly won over and controlled by him.

Among the chess pieces that originally lurked to the Yuan Dynasty, he was the backbone of the unswerving heart.

As a person in Guigu Academy, he could not sit idly by and watch the Western Xia. The Song Dynasty joined forces to destroy the Xin Song Dynasty, cut off Duan Qilin, and the Guigu Academy's retreat.

And how the situation is breaking through, even people like Pang Hongguang are quite troubled.

What can we stop the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty from destroying the New Song Dynasty?

As he thought about it, Pang Hongguang's eyes gradually showed a cold murderous intent.

Kill this Qu Rujian first and destroy the Xixia army on the side of Taibai Mountain?

This can indeed be resolved for the New Song Dynasty, but his Pang Hongguang will inevitably be exposed. Later, the empress would have to devote all her efforts to fight with him in anger.
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